(I have so many more things to share, but as you can imagine, this has been EXHAUSTING. I am now going to Hiroshima – a place that means a lot to me – and I need to be more in my head there.
-
Show this thread
-
You can tweet me any time, although I might not respond immediately. I’ll be back here, and in Tokyo, in a few days. Will continue this thread then. In the meantime, this bunch of verboten wanderers will keep you company. さようなら!)pic.twitter.com/puRkoP9WHq
3 replies 6 retweets 51 likesShow this thread -
113. I’m not really here, but I was just on an elevator ride so scenic I just couldn’t not share it with you. (Still in Tokyo.)pic.twitter.com/aRje044g6Z
2 replies 5 retweets 61 likesShow this thread -
(((I won’t write much about Hiroshima since it was really tough, but three moments: I. It was snowing as I approached the half-destroyed Industrial Promotion Hall dome early in the morning. It seemed like the most peaceful place on earth, and it broke my heart.
1 reply 0 retweets 32 likesShow this thread -
II. Inside the museum, I spent an hour looking at old photos of Hiroshima. I tried to decipher signs on shops and just understand better life before the bombing.
1 reply 0 retweets 18 likesShow this thread -
At some point, an older woman volunteer came up to me and just started talking, in English, about the history of Hiroshima. Eventually, I asked her about the signs, and found out I was making one cardinal mistake: I was reading them left to right… instead of right to left.
1 reply 0 retweets 16 likesShow this thread -
III. Some time before I cried for the second and third time that day, I stumbled upon two boys on a school trip just having fun scrubbing a random video in the exhibit. They were laughing quietly in that we’re-getting-away-with-something way.
1 reply 0 retweets 17 likesShow this thread -
At some point they noticed me noticing them, and paused. And at this point, completely unexpectedly, I quietly burst out laughing, too – it turns out I needed that kind of release without knowing it. Fortunately, we didn’t get in trouble.)))
1 reply 0 retweets 17 likesShow this thread -
114. My first Shinkansen ride was so beautiful I made a little video out of it that very evening:https://vimeo.com/255206737
2 replies 8 retweets 42 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @mwichary
That kind of image stabilisation, I understand, is possible because the train itself didn't shake much, did it?
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Yes, indeed. I didn’t use any hardware or software image stabilization.
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.