Wind up/wind down.....

Hiroshima Carp vs. Hanshin Tigers, here we go, zoom-zoom! A nice way to wind up the trip.

 

.....but first a quiet day in our Hiroshima neighbourhood. (winding down)

Only a couple of days left to enjoy here.....

....would you need a view?.........

...wow, that is some pretty thick bamboo. (apparently not natural to the hood)

....love those cherry blossoms....

....we'll be back!

They think of everything at the 7-11 in Japan!

Like this nigori sake, the future is a little cloudy, but having a shot helped me wind down.

Wait a minute, I recognize that baseball jersey, now I'm wound up!

Last time we came here a couple of years ago the game was rained out.

Hotdogs are synonymous with baseball, doesn't matter where you go to a game!

It was a chilly March day, but still a full house.

This Hanshin fan came up to me and asked if I once played for the Carp. (I think he was pulling my leg though. He had had more than one cup of cheer, lol.)

The commute home wind up.

Winding down with one more trip around the neighbourhood. (The mirror, mirror on the uhhh post? pic.)

A moment to soak it all in.

Even in Hiroshima you can see the Los Angeles Dodgers game. (At least as long as Shohei Ohtani is on the team.)

Time's up! Checking in at the Hiroshima airport.

Spring Airlines, this will be a first. Actually, the flight to Narita was a lot cheaper than taking the bullet train.

Ahhhhh, economy. Good thing it was a short flight.

Looking down to the highway I was just on. The trip is winding up.

Very interesting runways at the Narita airport.

A little overwhelming trying to find my way to the shuttle bus to the hotel.

31-B, phew, made it with plenty of time to spare.

A short comfortable ride......

A little concerned that my room for the evening faced the runways.

A long day makes a fellow a little dry. It was time to wind down with a cool wet beverage.

The hotel room was very sound proof. It was actually my evening entertainment watching the planes land and taxi to the terminals.

Whoa, that's what I will be on in another 24 hours.

I had to leave the hotel at 10 a.m. I got to the airport around 11 a.m. Oh boy that's a long wait until my flight heads to Calgary.