We arrived in Hiroshima on a Friday evening, and I had just enough energy to ride the elevator and crash into bed; not even enough energy to find supper! We awoke to rain outside our 6th floor view of the Naka Ward and leaned into the opportunity for a lazy morning to catch up on…
The WHOOOOOSH of the Shinkansen screaming through the station was enough to make my hair stand on end. Sixteen cars flew by faster than I could take a bite of my 7-Eleven cucumber (which, by the way, was my favorite snack of the entire trip 🥒). We found our seats and settled in for an…
At precisely 2:46pm on Monday, May 19, my world changed.More on that later. Tokyo had a hard time letting us go. My boon of souvenirs from Hands department store exploded all over my sleep capsule as I struggled to get all my trinkets condensed into just two bags. Loaded fore and aft with barnacle backpacks…
