Continue from last week, I 'll introduce yours to Hiroshima again.
The first picture is Hiroshima castle.
It started building from 1589, and then 2years later, the lord "Terumoto Mouri"
started live in here.
After that, Hiroshima castle was the symbol of Hiroshima during long time.
But, when atom bomb was dropped down in August 6 1945,
Hiroshima castle was also destroyed.
Present castle tower has been rebuilted after World War Ⅱ.
There is a moat and gate around the castle. It's park now.
Anyway, Hiroshima is so convenience for sightseeing becasue of there are
Hiroshima castle and the skeletal domed building for memorate the atom bomb
at the city center.
There is a Miyajima ( Miya island) which is acknowledged as a world heritage too.
I think Hiroshima is a great sightseeing place.
Opposite side from Hiroshima castle,
there are baseball stadium, pool , and planetarium, museum and so on.
It is a gymnasium on the right side of above's picture.
It was designed by SUMO wrestler's hair style.
The hair style called "MAGE".
When you turn to next corner,
you can see this scenery....yes,
I took a picture from passanger seat.
Let's enjoy drive with me.
Population of Hiroshima is
1,170,000 people.
Unexpectedly, big city, there are
many high building.
City center of Hiroshima has a tram.
I 'm get used to see tram from childhood, that why I don't feel any special with tram.
However, it's rare to see such a sight in Japan.
Tram is so popular among the turist.
This tram is new type, there is a also very old type.
The tram is still running which re-started few days after the atom bomb dropped down .
I couldn't happen to see old type in this time. It's sad....
But they runs many.
By the way, the parking garage is kind of fun I always use when I do shopping.
There is an underground of high building,
at first, 
drive into underground in this way.
Along the sign, drive to the building you want to go, and get parking ticket.
Go ahead more, there are an alphabet letters entrance from A to F.
You can park wherever you want.
There is a stuff at every booth, he will guide your car. Like this!
When you get off your car, enter into the door,
there is a such a place like this picture ↑.
You can go to underground city directly from here.
Your car is put on a belt conveyer, sliding the side,
housed in a parking garage.
↓
I can't smell the typical stinky smell with exhaust gas at all.
It's no problem even if you are not good at parking.
When you spent 2,000yen for shopping, the fee will be free with 2 hours.
How useful isn't it?
The person who working at here, he asked me that why I take a picture such a place.
I answerd " Because of it's rare! ".
He explained to me" The head building of MATSUDA's parking garage is more incredible than
here
The car will go up in a moment not sliding.
"
But I couldn't figure out what he wanted to say me!
( Hiroshima is the head city for MATSUDA. MATSUDA is the name of famous car maker in
Japan.)
When you go home,
there is an unhebited booth with
opposite side .
Put the ticket into the machine,
your car will be came up with
sliding from the entrance which
has a car sign on top of the door.
Shopping was so fun today too!
It's all science fiction to me. :)
I don't understand it clearly, but it's amazing.
I am happy that the city has recovered from the catastrophe.
In japan, there are many parking garage like this. Of course in Tokyo too.
Yes , we should not make that happen again never ever!!
Wow, this garage is like a futuristic movie. Very nice!
Interesting how different nation think about history. You have rebuilt the castle, but looking forward to the future.
We were also on the defeated site in the WW II. Lot of things were reconstructed, but... there was a movie Spy Game (with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt). The film was played in Berlin in the WW II, but they directed it in Budapest. Because some part of the city looks like still in the war: the holes from machine guns are visible on the houses wall :o Maybe we want to remember that - such a mazochistic nation is the Hungarian :)