Off the Beaten Path –  April 4, 2025 

  • Location: Hiroshima Day 2
  • Walk:  Hiroshima
  • Weather:  40-60°/ sunny to partly cloudy, wind 5-10 mph 

I entered Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts to the shock of all. Apparently no foreigner ever comes. A volunteer offered to escort me. He told charming  stories of his family’s roll in Hiroshima’s beef butchering industry. Oysters were a second area industry. Hiroshima’s delta of fresh and salt water is ideal for oyster farming.

Typical boat used to harvest oysters.
A could not refuse my guide’s offer for a ride. What a winning smile!
Plow. Okay Jefferson was into plow design.
Sitting at counter watching regional Okonomiyaki being cooked. I ordered the original topped with a raw yoke.

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