First days in Japan

We arrived in Fukuoka, Japan by boat in two hours from Busan. After settling in our hostel, we took an evening stroll along the very clean and quite streets to find some late night street food. We finally settled on some noodles with some new friends from the hostel sitting under red flags blowing in the wind. I was so excited to finally be able to slurp up my food loudly with the locals. Afterwards we finished our meal with a group round of sake shots.

The next day we were on the road again this time by train up to Hiroshima. We knew this stop would be very emotional but it was a must see on our quick journey through Japan. We quickly found our way to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum after arriving. After only being there for ten minutes our eyes were already tearing up. This city has been through so much and it now stands as a global city of peace. inside the museum it had the some of the remaining pieces of clothes from school children, a replica of the bomb and letters asking for nuclear programs to be stopped all over the world.

While not wanting our trip in this fun city to only be about the museum we also spent the night playing games trying to win candy and anime figurines from claws. After spending ten dollars we both walked away as winners. The next day before leaving we hopped on rickety old bikes and visited a castle with a mote. I'm still amazed I didn't die since my handle bars were loose and they slid up and down on every slight bump. View the entire gallery here.