The O Club really outdid themselves with the food at the reception afterward. It just ran out too quickly!

Last Hiroshima Trip Before Summer Vacation

On the train from Iwakuni to Hiroshima. It's only a week before we leave for the US & there are a few more goodies we need to buy to take with us. Pam & Jake are always willing to join us on a quest. . .

Coca-cola? I don't think so . . .


















I asked this cute schoolgirl to show me her cellphone. Stan thinks she decorated it herself.

Freight train goes through the station.
















Stan just "had" to have this "S" shaped pastry.






















Bins of fresh produce outside the station.

Inside the trolley with our favorite travel buddies, Pam & Jake.


















This car is not crowded today.


















Good shot of the Atomic Dome building.

This is where I found the world globe beach balls. These schoolgirls liked them too.

















Lotteria is actually a hamburger joint.

















Cute cell phone covers.

Hmmm . . . this seems like a very good idea!
















Oh, our favorite shop!





















We think this was advertising the fresh produce we saw earlier.

Our lunch - delicious okonomiyaki, cooked to order!

Inside the okonomiyaki restaurant.
















Wild boar are on display because it's 2007 . . .

Yum! the door to our favorite ice cream shop!

Watching ice cream being made. He never stopped, but he did smile for me.

Purple shamrock in a planter.
















Pam & Stan's favorite game!

These women are scraping gum & other stains off the sidewalk inside the covered shopping mall.

















Pretty light fixture outside a store.

Beautiful sign above this store.
















Bins of beautiful stones & jewelry inside.

















Interesting signs.

At the crossing for the modern Hiroshima City Trolley line, there are flashing lights in the sidewalk, telling you not to cross when a train is coming.

Our shopping finished, we're inside the train headed home. That's the sea outside near Miyajima Island.

















A small station

















Crosswalk above the tracks at a station.

Old man sleeping on train (oops, it's Stan!)
















Views from the train as we return from Hiroshima.

Closeup of new crossties on tracks.


















Lots of power lines to run the trains.

















Nearing in Iwakuni Station.

We've stopped at the grocery store on our way home, and found these little Japanese-size milk bottles.

















Cool, summer kimono (yakata) for sale in store window in Iwakuni.