Our train to Nagasaki had been booked to leave Hiroshima at 12.30pm. Our hotel at Hiroshima, Sheraton, had check out at 12 (Yay! Late check out!) so we went down to the train station for breakfast as they had a good coffee/bun place located on the outside of the building. Much cheaper than Sheraton's breakfast, I think all up it was about 800Y.
Then we walked to the tram station on the other side of the train station, discovering an underground passage that halved our walking time (previously we had been going the whole way around).
From the tram stop we travelled out to the A-Bomb dome memorial. It was very sad to see and when we got to the childrens memorial I may have found it difficult to suppress my feelings. We left pretty fast and in complete silence.
After this we returned to our hotel, madly threw dirty clothes and clean clothes alike into our suitcases and walked the short distance to our magic carpet ride. I mean Shinkansen ride. They're pretty awesome and I wish Australia had them, even if it would cripple our domestic flight industry.
We arrived in Nagasaki late in the afternoon, at some time close to 5pm and immediately harassed our hotel staff for directions to the nearest Laundromat, as Hugh is good at making sure his clothes get good and dirty. Had a pretty easy night and went to bed early, to toss and turn in the incredible heat of a hotel with poor air conditioning.
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