Hiroshima (finally...but only "part 1")

I suppose two months without posting is long enough...

Here are a few shots of the first day and a half of my trip to Hiroshima (April 7th-8th):

• Left: Shukkeien, a traditional garden about 10 minutes on foot from my hotel.
• Right: Same garden, September 1945. Who would have thought that a scene now so beautiful was the image of destruction only 60 years ago... (The bridge at the center is the very same as the one in my photo.)

• Left and right: Hiroshima Castle

• Left: a view of the city from the top of the castle
• Right: a view of the city from...the city

• Left: Islands in Hiroshima Bay (Inland Sea of Japan). Taken from the ferry on the way to Miyajima Island.
• Right: On the island. Deer. Everywhere. Poop, too.

• Left: an overview, so to speak, of the temple + related edifices
• Right: What can I say...I'm a sucker for roof shapes. (Same pagoda as the previous picture, just much closer, obviously.)

• Left: could not have visited during a better week of the year
• Right: the island's main attraction

Stay tuned...