• Our hotel, the Hotel Granvia Hiroshima, is right next to the train station.

• This display was in Hiroshima Station.

• We often found these 'tags' posted in our hotel rooms. We suspect they have something to do with inspections or certifications.

• A 'tag' on the carpet.

• Departing on the ferry to Miyajima Island

• Miyajima's famous 'Floating Torii'

• Itsukushima Shrine, founded in 593, is built on stilts over a cove.

• The land side of Itsukushima Shrine

• Goju-no-to, a five-story pagoda built in 1407

• Who knew there were eight different varieties of Kent cigarettes?

• The entrance gate to Daisho-in Temple

• Goju-no-to pagoda

• Picnicking under the cherry blossoms

• Lanterns in the cherry blossoms

• See the snake?

• The building to the right of the pagoda is Senjokaku Pavilion, or 'pavilion of the thousand tatami mats', built in 1587.

• Miyajima Island

• The Omote Sando Shopping Arcade on Miyajima Island

• This ferry was our transportation from Miyajima Island to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.

• The ferry dock at the Peace Park

• More picnickers under the cherry blossoms

• The Atomic Bomb Dome

• Children's Peace Monument

• We had an enjoyable stroll back to our hotel to collect our bags and catch the train to Takamatsu.