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| Our train, which travels between 270 and 300 km per hour |
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| The Atomic Bomb Dome |
Six months on the road and I'm going make it home ... Dad had two records he would play when I was young. One was Marty Robbins Gun Slinger ballads, and the other was The 24 Greatest Truck Drivin' hits, and the 6 days on the road and I am going to make it home tonight was played often. There is certainly a reason for him having the country album, but not sure why he had a truck driving album, or liked it as he was never a truck driver and after the war was never away from home for more than a weekend.
My recollection of the promptness of Japanese rail remains accurate. When it says on the ticket you are leaving at 9:33 am, that means at precisely 9:33 am the train is starting to move. And when the ticket says you will arrive at Osaka at 12:26 pm, then you will stop at precisely 12:26 pm. Our second train that we had to transfer onto in order to get to Hiroshima was not as impressive. It did leave on time, but arrived 15 seconds earlier than scheduled. Stops for drop off and pick up are one minute. They often announce on the train to be ready to disembark in order to not miss your stop.
We arrived in Hiroshima in mid afternoon. Hot in the city today! After finding our apartment, we went for a walk. Our apartment is located across the street from the Peace Memorial Park. After dinner, we went for another walk around the Atomic Bomb Dome, the preserved surviving structure from the August 6, 1945 A Bomb blast. The A Bomb detonated 160 m SE of the dome, at a height of 600 m. The devastation caused by the blast as shown by pictures outside the dome is horrific.
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