Hiroshima Castle

As promised, I headed off for Hiroshima Castle. The baseball stadium and a big swimming complex/park were along the way, so I wandered through that area for a bit. The park was full of all these little subcultures which was neat. One corner would have all the guys freestyle biking and skateboarding, and then under a little walkway you'd have another group rapping and dancing, and there was a group of people doing Tai Chi over by one of the fountains. A couple of blocks further in I came to this big long walled in area that stretched the entire block. I couldn't see over the wall, but I could see big lights overhead, and kept thinking "tennis courts? tennis courts? tennis..." and was rewarded when I finally found a way to sneak in. Now I just need to find some people to play with.




My sports expedition complete, I marched onwards towards the castle. This is just the outer wall near where the bridge is. Just a side note, but before I actually crossed the moat, I stopped at a vending machine and got this grape drink, and was a bit surprised when I discovered it actually had grapes floating in it. It was alright, but the texture was unusual.

On my way across I encountered the ferocious guardians of the moat. There were big white fish as well, but the pictures I took didn't turn out (it's hard to take pictures of things in the water as it's getting dark out).

Wandering around the castle complex I came across a bunch more crabs, and as I had my camera equipped this time, I thought I'd take a picture of one, since I mentioned them before.

Finally, after crossing 2 bridges and ascending a few staircases I got to the main castle itself. I couldn't actually go in, but it was interesting anyway.

After the trip and some dinner, I went out with various people to a little cafe and had drinks and dessert crepes. A bit pricey for what it was, but the crepes were great.