{"id":9513,"date":"2020-02-07T09:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T00:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2020-02-07T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T08:02:05","slug":"hiroshima-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/en\/2020\/02\/07\/hiroshima-diary\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshima Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 6am.<br \/>\nThe alarm is ringing, remembering you that another day is going to start.<br \/>\nYour daily routine is going to start, over and over again.<br \/>\nAnd you are completely fine with that, happy with your normal life, regular job, longtime friends.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 6am.<br \/>\nThe alarm is ringing, but this morning something is different: you are not happy anymore, you want more, you need more.<br \/>\nSo you use your few savings and book a trip on your own to Japan, your dream.<br \/>\nYou deeply fall in love during those incredible 2 weeks and decide you really need to go back, as soon as possible.<br \/>\nSo here I am; that\u2019s my story and the reason why I\u2019m here now, helping in this nice hostel, while having the opportunity to explore the area, breathing how living in Japan is, not just as a tourist, and, also, trying to catch some basic knowledge of this fascinating language.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9534 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041184774-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"1581041184774\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041184774-150x300.jpg 150w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041184774-768x1536.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041184774-512x1024.jpg 512w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041184774.jpg 905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9533 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041189664-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"1581041189664\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041189664-150x300.jpg 150w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041189664-768x1536.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041189664-512x1024.jpg 512w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041189664.jpg 905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During my first week, I mainly focused on exploring Hiroshima and, to be honest, it did positively surprised me!<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a nice and tranquil city, it\u2019s lovely also just to walk around, maybe next to the river, enjoying the green and the Castle with its gardens.<br \/>\nOne spot you really cannot miss if you are a japanese-style-garden freak like me: <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Shukkeien Garden<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a miniaturized representation of many different landscapes, such as hills, lakes and mountains; you can imagine yourself in a traditional \u2018600 century kimono, crossing the lake on one of the stunning bridges and climbing up to the top of the mini Mt Fuji, to fill your eyes and soul with the view of the whole garden.<br \/>\nWalking back to the center, it\u2019s pleasant to pass in <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Honduri Street<\/strong><\/span>, the main shopping road, and jump \u201cback to the future\u201d.<br \/>\nAnd when you start to get tired and feel hungry, grab a cheap and tasty onigiri in <strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Onigiri Nitaya<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After a full sightseeing day, everybody would dream a warm and comfy \u201c<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>Sento<\/strong><\/span>\u201d, a japanese public bath.<br \/>\nWhen I went there, I didn\u2019t know what to expect; it was my first time.<br \/>\nI really felt comfortable, the sento is divided in 2, depending on your gender.<br \/>\nFirst thing you have to do is taking off your clothes and leaving them in a locker, just before entering in the warm pool room, in which it\u2019s mandatory to accurately wash yourself, before getting in the water.<br \/>\nThe water is super hot, at the beginning the feeling that you have is that is even way too hot to stand the temperature, but then your body gets used to it and that\u2019s when the extreme relaxation takes over.<br \/>\nI did spend quite a long time, chilling in the pool, forgetting to be surrounded by other people.<br \/>\nI felt so warm and in peace with the world until the end of the day.<br \/>\nThe entrance fee is fair (450\u00a5) and, of course, everything is very clean, like most of the times here in Japan.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9531 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041194585-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1581041194585\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041194585-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041194585-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041194585.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hiroshima is (sadly) well famous for its past and for the role it had in the Second World War: it had been fully destroyed by the Atomic Bomb, that crucial August 8th 1945.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9532\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041191998-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1581041191998\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041191998-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041191998-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041191998.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>That said, a visit at <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>the Peace Memorial Museum<\/strong><\/span> is more than mandatory.<br \/>\nVery touchy, very well done, not pointing the finger on anybody but just showing the cruelty of the war, it really gives you goosebumps.<br \/>\nAll the pictures, videos, testimonials of the thousands of people who died on that day.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s unbelievable how evil the Human Being can be.<br \/>\nTears started to fall down on my cheeks, nobody around me could hold the tears either.<br \/>\nHiroshima is the perfect example of the best way to face a disaster, showing to the World that rising from the ashes and sparkle more than ever is always possible.<br \/>\nWhat you would expect coming here, would be to breath p<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9530 alignnone alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041197451-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"1581041197451\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041197451-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041197451-768x384.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041197451-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581041197451.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ain and negativity.<br \/>\nYou feel stuffed with positivity and hope instead.<br \/>\nWe all should come visit this beautiful city of hope and learn an important life lesson from it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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