Japan [3]
Hiroshima was one of the most sobering places I’ve been to in a while. The images that I have seen of people’s flesh dripping from their arms and hands seem almost too gruesome to be real. The after-effects that extreme heat and radiation are capable of are also unspeakable. If you’d like to read more about the bombing, click here.
I swear that I have been taking pictures (over 500 now) and will upload them as soon as I have a chance. My days have all been planned out for me, and they involve spending almost all of the available day in different parts of Japan, away from my laptop and the internet.
We took a ferry to some island today and drove over some insanely long bridge on the way back. I will update this with later with the correct names. I took pictures of course, and my polarizer filter never ceases to amaze me.
I also wanted to let whoever happens to care know that my birthday wasn’t as bad as I made it out to be. We attended a church service that my dad spoke briefly at and played a song. During the sermon, a kind Japanese man did his best to translate the message for me into English and at the conclusion of the service, the congregation sang “Happy Birthday” to me in Japanese. When we arrived at the Bridgman’s home later that evening, they even managed to find some cake and some ice cream to mark the occasion. Overall the day was very nice; I don’t know what else I really expected it to be.