Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Dome seen from the boat on the river

 The Dome; the tide is relatively low.

There is a route which connects the island of Miyajima and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park directly by boat: The World Cultural Heritahe route. My guests and I often take this when we travel from the island to the park. It cruises on the sea and river. It goes fast on the sea but slows down on the river and That's when you are allowed to go out on the deck. You see the city from the river and eventually go under the reconstructed T-shaped Aioi Bridge - the intended target for the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Then the A-bomb Dome appears on the riverbank and you arrive at the park. While on the boat, you see a round tank in the distance. It's just a gas tank. You also see a dome-like building to the north of Peace Park. It's part of the Children's Science Museum - a planetarium- and not related to the Dome. But overseas travelers often react to them. 

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