Staying at Sparky’s Place on Naoshima island it follows that we should have a little bounce to our step heading out to the village of Honmura where it’s a custom to get a ticket to the five art houses. Art houses are abandoned houses and office space that have been converted into venues for installation…
Day: April 16, 2025
There’s a prize
10 yen to the first person to guess the full meaning of the sign without translating the Japanese words.
Continuing the eastward journey
Yesterday we boarded an early morning Shinkansen bound for Okayama, then transferred to a local train to Chaymachi, another local train to Uno port, and a ferry crossing to Naoshima. All told, about 5 hours from Hiroshima apartment to our room at Sparkys House. Hiroshima Station is another huge megaplex. Below is just one small…
Last of Hiroshima
Eel on the train
Before we got on the train this morning, Ella bought a bento box with eel laid out on a bed of rice. While we were heading to Okayama (to transfer trains to Naoshima), she opened the box and dined. It was the best meal we had all day.
Left to right
On the ferry to Naoshima island this morning I glanced over at a man reading a graphic novel. He was flipping the pages from left to right as one does reading Japanese where the eye travels from right to left. It was like watching a film in reverse. I kept expecting him to stop and start turning the…
Toilet with sink
The toilet in our Hiroshima apartment has a built in water spout. You do your business, flush and water from the spout automatically flows. You can rinse your hands right there.
Risen cities
Visiting Hiroshima, like Rotterdam, while I’m looking at the contemporary skyline there’s a black-and-white photo in my mind of a city reduced to rubble from an aerial bombardment. There’s not much beauty to the functional look of a modern city unless you realize it has risen from almost total destruction. What would be mundane is now magnificent, the…
The lazy way up the mountain
Shika deer, considered messengers of the gods, roam unafraid among humans on Miyajima. They eat anything so beware of whatever you are holding in your hands. I did a separate post with deer pics. We saw them in the streets and alleyways and our trek up the mountain. A forested mountain lush with deer food. There…