Choko and Parabo

Today is the one-year anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and Tsunami.

I pray for all victims.



Last year, in September 2011,
My wife went to animal relief center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture from Hiroshima.
She took care of affected pets as a volunteer for about two weeks.

After volunteering, she brought back two cats to our home,
Choco (left side of the photo) and Parabo (right side of the photo) 

Choco

Parabo

They may have had a terrifying experience of earthquake. 

We swore that we would make them happy.

A short-time tour in the north Hiroshima Station

The other day, my wife and I went for a walk as a short-time tour in the north Hiroshima Station.

I climbed the stupa.

It was my first time in 4o years that I visit the place.

There is Buddha's ashes from Nehru the prime minister of India.

The stupa was built in 1954 by the monks all over Japan for the victims of the Hiroshima in World war II.

Aside from Stupa there are a lot of things in North Horioshima station like

the statue of Mr. Yamagata , Jumbo kettle , Tree of passing exam and so on.

The statue of Mr. Yamagata is in Tsuruhane shrine.

He is the first Japanese to successfully flew a plane in somersault.

Jumbo kettle is in Toshogu shrine.

This is like 12 drum put together.

In the time of Samurais the jumbo kettle was used for making swords and bathtubs. Now, people visit Toshogu to pray and eat the soup made from this kettle only new years day.

Tree of passing exam is in Owari Tenmangu , a shrine to a god of learning.

Those leaves doesn't fall from tree.

I recommend walking once in a while and you will learn a lot of interesting discoveries.