Hiroshima Easter

Hi all,

I'm typing this from a Japanese keyboard, so please excuse the mistakes as the keys are very different from ours. ABC's are the same, but symbols and spacebar are different.

I'm having trouble uploading pictures from the computer in the Hiroshima hotel we are staying at...so here are some links to things we saw yesterday for Easter at the World Peace Memorial and museum. Celebrated Easter mass at the crypt chapel at World Peace Cathedral with 80 other people in English and Tagalog. There were actually open benches...not something we EVER see at Easter mass in the USA.

We also toured Miyajima Island near Hiroshima. It was eerily similar to Mackinac...only with Buddhist temples instead of the bark chapel. Even have a special food only made there...Mamiji Monju, Maple leaf shaped cakes with flavored fillings.

Last night Easter dinner was deep fried whale (had the consistancy of slightly rubber pork and yes! I ate it all and loved it) and spicy fried noodles, soba noodles (very bland), cod that was too chewy to eat, king crab legs (Frankie's all time favorite food), black sesame icecream with sticky riceflour balls (was very different tasting, but excellent) and chocolate cake and vanilla icecream for Frankie and me. I also had a green tea icecream cone earlier. It also was excellent. Overall the food has been very, very flavorful and very good!! Haven't tried the octopus or squid yet though.

Here is where we are going to stay tonight in Takayama. A 6 hour shinkansen (bullet train) ride from Hiroshima.

It has been beautiful weather, sunny and mid to upper 70's until today....rain forecasted..so good day to travel in the train.

Love,
Kelaine