"Hiroshima is famous for its style of okonomiyaki (お好み焼き), which literally means "cook it as you like it". Often (and somewhat misleadingly) called "Japanese pizza", it is better described as a type of savory pancake made with egg, cabbage, soba noodles, and meat, seafood or cheese. It is grilled in layers on a hot plate in front of you and slathered liberally with okonomiyaki sauce, with optional extras such as mayonnaise, pickled ginger, and seaweed. It sounds and looks like a mess, but is very tasty and filling. To give you a sense of the civic pride involved here, the Hiroshima tourist information office offers a map with a whopping 97 shops serving okonomiyaki within city limits, and reports have several hundred more in the area."
This is very tasty. If ever you find yoursef in Hiroshima, I suggest you try it.
The main reason for my being in Hiroshima is that accomodation on the close by Island Miyajima is expensive. A ten minute ferry ride each way (free using my JR pass) seemed to be a better option.
FYI
Miyajima is known as one of Japan's top three scenic locations, and it is indeed a very beautiful island.
Another five tiered pagoda. I wonder if there are any bigger ones somewhere...
Thank goodness they put that sign here. I'd never have found my way back.
This is exactly what I said, but noone believed me.
If I had a few more days I'd have loved to hike some of the trails on the island.
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