Two days in southern Japan lives up to expectation.

Yasutaka and his bees
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We traveled from Kurashiki to Hiroshima and saw the A-Bomb memorial.  It was incredibly powerful.  I suggest anybody that comes to the area to check it out.  Some of the pictures that will be added soon will be from the park stands below where the bomb went off.  It is amazing to see the museum and see the amount of damage on bomb can do.  It felt good to see this and we wont forget our stop in Hiroshima.

After Hiroshima we traveled south to Karatsu, where Kentaro's uncle, Yasutaka, lives.  He is a bee farmer and an all around great guy.  He set us up with a place right next to the ocean with a view of a castle out our window.  We spent the two days touring around town, learning about the history and hanging out with Yasutaka.  It was a wonderfully relaxing time.  Karatsu is a town of about 40,000 and is a very neat little beach town.  We will add more and pictures soon.