While we didn’t do any of the rides you want to, our hotel room looked right out on the Dome and the Peace Park – Miyajima boat. I’d thought it would be fun but based on what I saw (both from our room and when we walked in the Park) it appeared *to me* that the Peace Park dock had a long flight of stairs only.

Now, we had a JR Pass and… Read more

We were in Japan this past June: I am vegan at home but vegetarian when we travel, I speak Japanese (not fluent, but comfortable), and I found it VERY difficult to eat even vegetarian. It’s not impossible, but it is hard and it requires vigilance. (GF is REALLY hard there.)  In Japanese I would explain no dashi, no bonito, and still things… Read more

We didn’t go over to the Hiroshima port, but I did see buses and streetcars with Hiroshima Port written on them, so I think it should be super easy for you to get out + about. I will bet that at the port there will be a Tourist Information office with tram and bus rote maps in English; there was a wonderful office at the Hiroshima JR station,… Read more

Hello! Yes, we were there last week (June 2018). (Thank you for tagging me — my kids + I are having a super hard time with jet lag and yesterday my eldest and I were like zombies. My youngest slept until 3pm. Ugh. It is 2:15am now.)

Like most places in Japan, Hiroshima and Miyajima are very Accessible. Hiroshima is quite flat with slopes on… Read more

You’re very dear — thank you for your kind note. I will, eventually, get back in touch with JR North America both to tell them of the nonsense (and I will be naming names) but also to tell them of the wonderful, kind, helpful JR employees (and I will also be naming names). We’ve not been home for 30 hours, so I’m giving myself… Read more