Day 5 and 6: Hiroshima

Day 5 was another rainless day =) Mel had his second day of meetings, so I set off to explore another side of Hiroshima.



Our breakfast at the hotel. Traditional japanese fare, including steamed veggies (sweet potato, carrots and pumpkin!), japanese rice, tiny mackerel, raw squid, and egg roll (tamago).



Mel on his way to his meeting.



It was a loooong walk to Hijiyama Park, which is actually a small hill. Walking up...



Stopped at the Museum of Contemporary Art, but the display pieces were kind of disappointing for me. Or maybe I just can't appreciate the world of surrealist and pop art. =b



Look familiar?



Then I went to Hiroshima Station and took a train out (Kure line) to Saka Bay Side Beach. It was a bit scary to take a new train system on my own, but thank God I found a helpful ticket agent. =) This is the beach, all, er... fenced up =(

After that disappointment, headed back to the main city and went to Uniqlo! Where I found my grey Jappy jacket thing for 1000 yen (S$13.80)!!!

Dinner with the guys again that night. Shabu-shabu is the Japanese name for steamboat. "Shabu shabu" is the sound the meat makes as the very thin slices are swished around in the boiling water to cook! Then you straight away dump the cooked strips in either one of the sauces in front of you. the black one is soy sauce with vinegar, and the other is a sweeter thicker one (i can't remember the name!!)



the meat!



the sauces



corn, rice cake and udon - to be cooked in the steamboat water after all the meat has been cooked - kind of like a closing to the meal.

Because the guys had managed to finish their work in record time, it was also a celebration dinner that the project meetings were over one day in advance!!!

So Day 6 mel was free =) went with him and a colleague to see Shukkuein Garden. It was quite beautiful, but it was all drippy and wet, so hard to fully enjoy the beauty and to take good pictures...



Mel and his colleague



My new shoes getting wet and sandy...



Mel and me =)

The rest of the day was spent in Uniqlo and napping back at the hotel. It was that kind of a day - the drippy, icky, want-to-stay-in-bed-and-slack kind of day =)