Day 9, 6/29/15, Hiroshima Shrine and Arriving Kyoto

 

The street sign shows us that our hotel was within walking distance to the Atomic Bomb (Genbaku) Dome

 

The Hypocenter is one block away from the A-Bomb Dome

 

The A-Bomb (Genbaku) Dome

 

Students from all of her five schools and Ms. Lee made hundreds of cranes for Hiroshima Memorial, Genbaku Dome, during the last week of school and Ms. Lee brought the cranes to this spiritual Shrine from Irvine, California

 

The top level of the Atomic Bomb (Genbaku) Dome

 

A side view of the Atomic Bomb (Genbaku) Dome

 

Inside of the Dome

 

Mr. Hattori of IEJ 2015 stands next to the Dome

 

The Aioi Bridge plaque

 

Ms. Lee stood on the Aioi River, next to the Genbaku Dome, the original Atomic Bombing target

 

The Ota River divides the A-Bomb Dome and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

 

The Bell of Peace Tower

 

The Bell of Peace Plaque

 

The Bell of Peace

 

The Bell of Peace should be struck softly

 

Ms. Lee with the Bell of Peace and cranes

 

A view of the Genbaku Dome

 

A close look of the Genbaku Dome

 

A sculpture of Sadako Sasaki on top of the memorial

 

Mrs. Masciel put the cranes she brought from Irvine, California, onto the hooks in a cranes offering station

 

Mrs. Masciel showed off the origami cranes made by her students from Jeffrey Trail Middle School, Irvine, California

 

Ms. Lee is hooking up the cranes from her five schools

 

Ms. Lee is very proud of her students for making the hundreds of origami cranes

 

Mrs. Masciel and Ms. Lee posted with the Irvine origami cranes

 

Thousands of cranes are placed in one station

 

Some origami cranes are created as an art work

 

More art work created with origami cranes

 

More art work created with origami cranes

 

More art work created with origami cranes

 

Another art work created with origami cranes

 

Lots of origami cranes in this station

 

The sun hits the origami cranes made by Irvine students

 

An artistic origami corner

 

 

The Sadako Sasaki Memorial

 

 

The statue of Sadako Sasaki on top of the Memorial

 

The Sadako Sasaki Memorial is a part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and Park

 

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

 

A side view of the Memorial

 

A view of the Peace Museum

 

National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims

 

Another view of the Memorial

 

The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Explosion Map

 

The curator of the Peace Memorial presented the historical facts about the explosion

 

The survivor's wish provided by an Atomic Bombing victim

 

With the explosion and radiation related illness, about 350,000 people died

 

 

The last page of Mr. Koji Matsuo's hour long speech

 

Mr. Koji Matsuo's speech was translated simultaneously by an interpreter

 

Currently Mr. Koji Matsuo is into philanthropy and classical music promotion

 

Mr. Matsuo is a friend of conductor Seiji Ozawa

 

The curator of the Peace Memorial holds another concert poster

 

Ms. Lee and an Atomic Bombing survivor, Mr. Koji Matsuo, President of Calbee Inc.
Mr. Matsuo gave a moving account of his surviving experience on August 6, 1945, when the Atomic Bomb exploded
He is an Ambassador of Peace, a Promotor of Music Education, and a Believer of Music Heals

 

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial

 

The Peace Memorial Museum

 

A different view of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial

 

The original tree remains from the Atomic Bomb Explosion

 

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

 

Ms. Lee holds a copy of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra's latest program in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

 

Moving to Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, here we come

 

A lantern and fan display at the Kyoto New Miyako Hotel

 

The cute Japanese road construction system

 

The guard at the gate to Inari Temple

 

The entry gate to the Inari Temple

 

Fushimi Inari Taisha

 

The Inari Temple

 

 

There are lots of little temples on this mountain

 

 

Ms. Lee takes a little break from all the walking

 

Ms. Lee is now ready for more climbing

 

A beautiful shrine

 

This temple was build in the 10th century

 

 

All dressed up for an outting to Inari Temple

 

Traditional Japanese lady outfits

 

The temple to receive a fortune

 

The base of Mount Inari is 233 meters above sea level and takes two hours to get to the top

 

It's only the beginning

 

Let the climbing begin

 

Beautiful blue hydragea

 

A bird's eyeview of the city of Kyoto, Japan

 

Ms Lee made this far, half way to the top, easily

 

You are here now and only four more stops to the top

 

A breath-taking view even higher up on the mountain

 

Are we there yet?

 

The moving water keeps the group moving

 

A quiet waterfall and stream

 

Going to the top

 

How many more steps?

 

Two fun teachers playing around on the way to the top of the mountain

 

Ms. Lee just climbed more than 1,100 steps to get here

 

Ms. Lee had made it to the top, the number one temple on Inari Mountain

 

 

A group of teachers made it to the top of Inari Mountain by climbing more than 1,100 steps

 

In the city of Kyoto, Japan, the sun is going...

 

going...

 

going...

 

going...

 

going...

 

going...

 

going...

 

going down...

 

What a beautiful sunset from the top of Inari Mountain

 

The sun has gone to the other side of the mountain of the city of Kyoto, Japan

 

The bridge to take us home

 

A well lit wishing well

 

The moon is coming out above the Inari Temple

 

THe Inari Temple shines beautifully

 

Moon over Inari Temples

 

The Inari Temple in the night

 

A well lit walkway to and from Inari Temple and Mountain

 

Yummy Japanese food plates at downtown Kyoto, Japan

 

A delicious ice cream display next to rice and salt? Only in Japan

 

Vending machine paradise

 

A moon lite Kyoto sky over the Kyoto Tower, good night!

 

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