Hiroshima and Miyajima

We met some wonderful and generous people in Hiroshima, learned to enjoy Japanese whisky  and of course ate amazing food along the way.  The Peace Memorial and A-bomb park where both humbling and inspiring.

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Jeanne, inside a sculptural installation “Conceptual Moss” 2009 by Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Park building of the Benesse art complex.

Jeanne has created some amazing self-portraits.  She was inspired by the works of Hiroshi Sugimoto installed in the Tadao Ando designed Park building, part of the Benesse Art museum complex on the island of Naoshima, Japan.  To be perfectly honest they are better then any image I have made on this trip.  I have four more weeks to try and catch up.

Take a look at the Benesse website for more details on the art and buildings on this amazing island.

http://www.naoshima-is.co.jp/

In front of one of Hiroshi Sugimoto’s “Coffin of Light” works and his image “World Trade Center” 1997 at the Park building of the Benesse art complex.

Since we are returning to Sapa this week I thought I would post a gallery if images I took last summer.

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1950s amusement park in Tokyo, very fun and nostalgic combination of American and Japanese traditions.

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Made it to Tokyo yesterday afternoon at 3pm and ran straight to the Tokyo Dome to watch the Nippon Ham Fighters go up against some other team that I forgot the name of already.  We cheered for the Ham Fighters, how could we not? Also, I should describe our breakfast, I neglected to bring the camera (it is a hotel breakfast, I did not really expect much).  We had to ask for a traditional Japanese breakfast after receiving the western menu that consisted of scrambled eggs and toast.  Here goes: Grilled fish, miso soup with the tiniest mushrooms you have ever seen, pickled radish and plum, two very small cold noodle plates with very perfect veggies, one was udon and the other I am not so sure what type of noodles,  rice and dried seaweed, shredded radish topped with very very tiny dried fish and the traditional Japanese omelet that you commonly see at Sushi restaurants in the US.  Rather refreshing after 12hrs of airplane food the day before.

Not sure exactly what kind of animal the mascot is but he was friendly!

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A quick glimpse of Hanoi and Ha Long Bay.  We toured over night on a boat through the rock outcroppings, went kayaking, caving and jumped off the upper deck of the boat a few times.  We also narrowly dodged a major hurricane or in this part of the world a cyclone.

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Traffic, trains and the bus….all of which are just a bit crazy compared to say …….Chicago, Savannah or Mineral Point, WI.

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