Photos from Japan

A view from the top of a mountain on Miyajima Island where we spent the night and got up early to hike on Sunday morning.

The view of the town where we stayed the night on Miyajima Island. They turned on the lights and we sat near the water and had dinner; it was beautiful, most of the tourists had left on the ferry, so the island felt deserted.

A photo of our hotel room on Miyajima Island; we stayed in a woman's house, sort of a bed and breakfast and the cheapest accomodations on the island, but still about $40 per person.

The picture seen through the glass is made out of tiny little paper cranes that people leave in memory of the victims of the Atomic Bomb in the Peace Memorial Park.

This is the museum clock in Hiroshima that keeps track of the number of days since the last nuclear test. Before the North Korean testing, the last test was in 1992.

Here is a photo of what is referred to as the "Atomic Bomb Dome," the only remnants left standing after the Atomic Bomb; it has been converted into a memorial.

A picture of some traditional Japanese drummers that we saw at a festival in Hiroshima; they certainly seemed to be getting a good workout, sort of like dancing and drumming at the same time.