Friday morning the guys worked. Chris walked from Jonathan's office at Lilly to Kitano Kobe Kohl Residence by himself (I was quite impressed). Jonathan met us at the train station when he was done & we took a bullet to Heroshima. The picture is of Chris & I napping after our picnic lunch while the world zoomed by us. It's not even fair to say "while the world passed us by" since we were traveling at about 300 km/hr. There's no stopping to smell the roses on that train! The picture of the building with the dome is the only remaining building from the A-Bomb. The picture of the bridge is the "T bridge" that was the intended target for the A-Bomb to hit (this is obviously a rebuild). It's amazing to see what has been done in the 63 years since the bomb. There are 2 pictures from what I call the "Cabbage House" or okonomi muri. Essentially, there is 1 building that houses all these little restaurants that cook the same thing. The story behind it is that after the bomb, Heroshima which once was bustling, was left decimated. So in this particular area people erected tents & cooked these pancake-type-things with cabbage on them. If you had carrots, you could add those. If you had pork, you could add it. So it translates to "grill whatever you like" since each is unique to the person that is cooking it, as well as, the person eating it. The tents eventually gave way to a building & now there is an entire building with several floors dedicated to "grill what you like". The lady that cooked ours has been doing it in her stand for 46 years. J&K have been going back to her each time they take someone to Heroshima. It's definitely worth the trip to see the museum, memorial & to eat the pancake/pizza dudes that we can't find a name for!
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