Hiroshima: Miyajima Island, Itsukushima Shrine, Peace Park Memorial, Okonomiyaki
Day Six BREAKFAST Convenience store bread from the one a minute's walk from the hotel. Not the one outside the station, which is two minutes' walk from the hotel. That would be absurd. Who would waste the time. Kare-pan (curry bread), potato fries (salty, soggy, and rather unexceptional), melon pan (bread with a sugar cookie topping), and a korokke pan (potato croquette bun - surprisingly good, but very dense on the carbohydrates). SHINKANSEN TO HIROSHIMA It was just our luck that we arrived in Kyoto station prepared to take the bullet train to Hiroshima that every shinkansen in service had been inexplicably delayed. As Sis#1 and I struggled to ask for a means of reaching Hiroshima we waded through masses of confused citizens. Delay in Japan is rare - even by a few minutes, so having whole lines halted for hours must be nearly unthinkable. The queues for ticket exchange were enormous, and the station attendants were rushing to answer questions lef...