Today we took it easy. We walked to Hiroshima Castle and took our time wandering around the grounds and inside the castle. The castle had to be rebuilt after the A-bomb hit in WWII. They restored it in the late 1950s. It had a lot of interesting things in it. I noticed here in Japan they have certain areas you are allowed to take photos and certain areas that you are not allowed. I took my camera out to take a picture of a samurai sword but Corey reminded me we couldn’t take pictures in that particular area. It’s a little weird.

On our way back we stopped at a Japanese garden called Shukkeien. It was loaded with tourist but fun to walk around. I love all the pretty flowers that are in bloom and the intricate layout of the garden. I wish my garden looked like that. There is a pond in the middle of the garden and we were sitting on a bench and noticed what looked like turtles. Corey thought they were statues but then I saw one move. That’s when we noticed there were loads of them on the raft in the middle of the pond and the rock islands.

For dinner tonight we went to a yakiniku place. Yakiniku is where you have a hot grill in front of you and you grill meat right at your table. It was all you can eat but they put a time limit on you. You have 120 minutes to eat. It was plenty of time and we got so full. The meat was so good. You grill it and then stick it in a sauce. It was a little expensive but a really cool experience.