If you haven't been to Hiroshima, I recommend that you try. It's a very historical city that will grab you by the heart and show you what makes it beat. I have history here as well. My father was born in Hiroshima and was 3 years old when the bomb was dropped. Luckily, his family lived on the other side of a hill that shielded them from the blast and radiation. Everybody, at least once in their lives, needs to visit Hiroshima and its Peace Museum. I first came when I was nineteen and it changed my life forever.
As you may have seen in the slideshow, I visited three ramen-ya's today and one crazy izakaya. The first was Ichimasa, which is run by the old owners of Ebisu Market in Fountain Valley back when it was just a market. [Many thanks to the Doi family for taking me out tonight!] The other two are staples of Hiroshima Ramen. I'll give full reviews when I get back home, but Suzume was some of the best tasting shoyu-tonkotsu I've had yet...
man.... good stuff.. can't wait till u come back to tell me all ur stories.
ReplyDeletefantastic post Keizo.. also been really digging all your slide shows
ReplyDelete@paul: i can't wait either!
ReplyDelete@Dennis: Thanks! It's the only way I thought I could share my trip with all of you. I don't think a 100 pic post would have been appropriate haha.
Couldn't agree more...everyone should visit Hiroshima...especially world leaders!
ReplyDeleteAlso, the okonomiyaki in Hiroshima is apparently "the best", did you try?
Hi cf. Yes I did try the okonomiyaki the following day but I guess I forgot to post those pics. It definitely was "the best" I've ever had.
ReplyDeleteHi Keizo,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the powerful imagery and recap of Hiroshima. It's a sobering reminder of things that happened just a few decades ago. I'll have to visit it someday.
Re: Izakaya - Boo! I can't believe you didn't have any pics except that blurry waitress shot! :P