A classmate and I decided to take a short trip to visit Hiroshima. To reach there, we had to take the flight to Fukuoka Airport then changed to the ShinKansen bullet train. We were pleasantly surprised when we were upgraded to business class when boarding the plane.

This was my very first business class meal.


I bought some sushi for refreshments on the train to Hiroshima.


View of the Hiroshima castle from our hotel room.
照片：從旅館房間可以俯瞰廣島城


This wooden bridge used to be the only way to get into the Hiroshima castle.
照片：城門前的這座木橋曾是廣島城唯一的出入口


The castle served as an oasis in the city center in present day.


The keep of Hiroshima castle was rebuilt following the original design but with modern materials. The original keep was destroyed during the atomic bombing.


A school outside the moat of the castle.




從廣島城往西走到縮景園，這個造景庭園是模仿杭州西湖的景觀設計的。沒有去過西湖，所以沒辦法評論像不像西湖。依循園內指示牌標示的動線繞著縮景園的中央池塘走了一圈，園內的房子和涼亭都是日式的建築，但是建築設置的位置和庭園的景觀的確可以看出一些中式的風格。縮景園附近的建築物都很高，走在園中一直會看到高過樹梢的水泥建築，相當煞風景。

Shukkei-en (literally condensed sceneries garden) was a Japanese garden said to be designed base on sceneries of the West Lake at Hangzhou, China.


Plum blossoms in the garden.


This bridge mimicked one of the most famous scenery of the West Lake.


We had the Hiroshima style okonomiyaki for dinner. The ingredients of the okonomiyaki were layered in the Hiroshima style, while the ingredients were all mixed together in the Kansai style.


The evening lighting of the keep of the Hiroshima castle.


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