Hiroshima 3/21/09

We're going to pick up Eldon so we can ride the local to Hiroshima today. Nancy's in the US for a couple of weeks & we told her we'd keep an eye on him. We're passing the hanger near the Crossroads where the new fence cover has relaced the old-style slats. Doesn't it look nice?

Eldon & Stan buying our tickets at Iwakuni Station.

We're in the covered walkway that runs above the tracks, which are indicated by the large numbers. If we miss this train, there will always be another one in about 10 minutes.

On the platform looking across the tracks at part of the stairs we just climbed -- there are over 30 steps going up and then another 30 or so to go back down to the platform. No elevators or escalators at the Iwakuni local station. New this year, is the nice center handrail and arrows painted on the steps indicating which side is for going up (left) and which side for going down (right), but not everyone is used to the change yet.