Japan Adventure

We find the most interesting streets when we venture off the beaten paths . . . We're outside the covered shopping street, but no cars allowed here either.


Oh this made me think of Heather - a wine bar!


At the end of the street is the fish sign that I recognized. I remembered that it's the logo for the restaurant that's near the Polar Bear Gelato - yum! So of course we stopped to get some!


Then we walked over to Tokyu Hands and browsed the Halloween department. I LOVE this store! And it always makes me think of Barbara . . .


Stan liked this bloody pumpkin whole-head mask. And it wishes you "good luck!"


I thought these Micky & Minnie decorations (or are they candy bags?) were cute!


We're on the streetcar now headed to Hiroshima Station so we can walk to the stadium. We're in the back of the car, but the back & front are exactly the same so the cars don't have to turn around. The driver simply moves from the front to the back and the car reverses direction. So I have a great view of the tracks running down the middle of this very wide city street.


Advertisement in the streetcar. I LOVE the discreet & modest placement of the letter "h" . . .


Stan's very excited about going to the game & he's decked out with his purchases that we found at Tokyu Hands. We want to blend in as Hiroshima Carp fans. Think we will? Oh - and he's holding Carps toilet paper . . .


This is the streetcar map posted inside the car. It's all color-coded so it's SOOOO easy to get around downtown Hiroshima. You simply get on at any stop & pay 150 yen when you exit.


No barriers to keep the cars from crossing where they're not supposed to (except frequent streetcar trains of course!) Heavy traffic downtown is why we always take public transportation. SOOO much easier and parking always costs.


Nice shot of a newer style streetcar going one direction, right next to the older style streetcar going the other.


Going over one of the many rivers in Hiroshima.


We've arrived at the station and have begun our "short 10-min walk" (seems like everywhere in Japan is the same distance!) No doubt about which way to go - it's VERY clearly marked. The new Carp stadium is called the Madza Zoom-Zoom Stadium. Cute, huh? 800 meters from here - about a half-mile to go.


Just under that overhead "gate" and keep walking. We're following the crowd, although it's almost an hour and a half until the game actually begins.


We're walking past the Hiroshima Intelligent Hotel. Hmmm.


Cute windows painted on the right side of the building.


I think I see the stadium ahead! We're actually walking right alongside the train track (to our left). The sidewalks here are easy to walk on - recycled ground up rubber or something like that. Nice!


This white wall has life-size photos of each Hiroshima Carp baseball player.


How cool is that? And it's all in English . . .

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