Before I reached the gardens, I passed a herb garden.
I was at the Shukkeien garden before it opened and the guard shooed me away, so I gradually worked my way toward Hiroshima castle. This castle was completely destroyed by the bombing as it was within the area that was basically levelled. Because Hiroshima was a centre for heavy industry during the war, there had been a lot of bombing, and one reason so many school children died from the atomic bomb was that they were making firebreaks by pulling down houses (lthough the memorial concentrated on them, one in ten of the victims was Korean, as there were many forced labourers from Korea). Shortly after the war, the castle was rebuilt quickly, without much thought of authenticity, so it’s a castle that isn’t much visited. But I’d think that the rock base and the moat would be authentic, since castles are usually built on top of the base, rather than being structurally contiguous.
After looking at the outside of the castle, I went back to the garden, which is a large strolling garden.
Then I went back to the hotel, checked out, caught the Shinkansen to Fugimoto and joined my cruise.
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