Hiroshima
From Ed, Monday 12 May 2008 à 12:27 :: Japan :: #159 :: rss
Hiroshima is a very attractive city, full of life and animation. Which denotes with its sad past. We visited the Bomb A museum and memorial for peace, sad but interesting. Grom touched radioactive stones by the way...
To put a touch of joy after this dark moment, we went to play UFO games (machine where you loose your money trying to get a crappy toy). Grom was a big looser in Hiroshima, he lost 2000Y trying to get a crappy pink shit from some manga he knew! I managed to get a maid in mini skirt on my first try with only 100Yens! Sugoiiiii!!
My biggest disappointment in this trip was about my feet!! i was wearing my converse for the all time, and this is not a shoe to be wearing when you walk like 10km a day!
so my feet were like dying everyday, and i was fearing the amputation! at one point my knee got hurt as well and i had to walk like a zombie. So i tried to find shoes in my size (45Eur or 11US) but i think i must be some kind of monster in Japan, they don't have that size here!! We tried loads and loads of shops, with nice staff but they couldn't find my size. And they didn't have a clue of English too, they spoke like 2 or 3 words!!
Even young people don't know much of English in Japan. It was not easy to get understood, so it can bring to funny situation sometimes 
At night, we went to 2 pubs. Spoke to a depressed Steven Spielberg lookalike guy who paid us cheap japanese cognac. He sent us to Barcos bar, where we met 2 salary men : Mike & Keta. They were really cool and paid us tequilas sunrise while talking about frenchy-japanese stuff (Montmartre, sushis, samourai and red wine). Later Grom showed us his salsa skills with sexy Midori! Groovy baby!!
Stayed in J-Hoopers hostel, waking up was difficult! 





Comments
1. On Wednesday 28 May 2008 at 17:02, from Louise
2. On Sunday 1 June 2008 at 09:45, from Ed
3. On Monday 2 June 2008 at 20:16, from Grom