As the sun goes down we leave the Peace Memorial and make our way back towards the center area, Shintenchi, for dinner. After having it already once for lunch we decide to have okonomiyaki again for dinner. It’s always best to have the meibutsu of any place twice, just to make sure it’s really as good as you remember or that the first time wasn’t a fluke. So for dinner we go to Okonomimura, literally “okonomiyaki village”, which features a whole building of floor after floor of okonomiyaki stands.
I asked one of my friends from Hiroshima for her recommendation of okonomiyaki and she told me about a place that her family goes to often called Bun-chan. There a stern-faced, but sweet obaa-chan hunched over the flatiron griddle cooking piles of noodles, folding them into the famous Japanese pancake.
We order a seafood version, a little more like home-cooking compared to the perfectly tucked crepe of the one we had for lunch, but no less delicious. I mentioned to one of the staff that my friend recommended this place just to see if she knew her. This lady went up to the cooking obaa-chan and told her what I said. She responded with an understanding, but unimpressed acknowledging grunt as she laddled more batter onto the pancakes in front of her.
As we paid and left she came up to me with a smile and pointed at my shirt asking what it was. I was wearing a shirt with BB-8 on it, a Star Wars shirt which is pretty typical if it’s my day off. I laughed as I tried to explain it, eventually settling on “a robot.” I thanked her and told her the meal was delicious.
Lit lanterns and a neon sign light the way to a can’t miss spot in the center of the city. After a very full day we go back to our hotel. The next day we would be leaving the city of Hiroshima.
We planned to take a boat to our next stop, but before then we had a little more time for some morning sightseeing, so we stopped by Hiroshima Castle. Early cherry blossoms were blooming around the park in its inner keep.
Hiroshima is a must visit for so many reasons, the food, the people, the history. I look forward to returning again, as I’m sure there is much left I still haven’t seen. Situated on the inner sea of Japan rivers from the center of the city empty out into Hiroshima Bay. From the Peace Memorial is a boat launch, which we went to and boarded for our next destination, an island called Miyajima.
On our way we pass by the Genbaku Dome as it bids us farewell, for now.
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Another interesting blog with great photos.
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