Imagine being in a land of frequent earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and hearing air raid sirens. The first time I heard them in Osaka, might felt a few heart palpitations. Then we heard them in Kagoshima and thought maybe Mt Sakurajima was going to finally belch lava instead of grey clouds of gas. Now in Hiroshima, hearing these same sirens and well, you can imagine.
Relieved to learn these are fire engine sirens. Still, even knowing that, the adrenaline gets a little kick every time we hear those darn sirens.