After a hectic day of sight-seeing, we took time out to relax at the Hiroshima Station Starbucks . . . 

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Us with our coffees.

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Starbucks opened in Hiroshima last year.

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Too much caffeine!

. . . before walking to Hiroshima's famous Shukkeien Garden.  This part of the trip was especially meaningful for James, whose parents courted here before he was born!  While we were in the garden, some mystics tried to heal Yuka.

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James thinks about his parents.

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Yuka getting healed.

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Girls on a bridge.

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Hiroshima carp.

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A quiet shaded pool.