A Series of "My First..." - Chapter VIII - Part II

Apparently, I did not understand what I said in the previous entry -- that this is already very late!

I just had to write that -- to keep me reminded. Here we go...

My First Shinkansen Ride

I think I haven't yet told you what this Study Tour exactly is. Generally, it is going to other places -- a tour -- to study -- umm, duh? -- there's nothing much clearer than that, don't you think? In our case, we went to Hiroshima -- Osaka -- Kyoto -- in that exactamondo order.

First off -- Hiroshima. It's far from Nagoya but by Shinkansen -- it's like piggy backing on Superman's back -- that sounded redundant. But, the Shinkansen offers a more comfortable and spacious seat far better than Superman's back.



That there is the aerodynamic nose of the Shinkansen -- it looks so cool, huh?



And this is the spacious and comfortable seat that I just talked about. From left to right, Teshima-san, Me, and Hana-san. I think even Clark Kent would enjoy this ride.

Many of you know that the Shinkansen is one of the fastest creatures on land. And I'm here to tell that in fact it is! Zooming passed everything at 300km/hr -- you wouldn't even know what you just passed by! But, the inside just feels like a cruise in the calm sea in your own million dollar yacht.

After 2 and a half hours, we reached our first destination -- Hiroshima.

And then we went straight up to this place -- My First Garbage Plant Visit



This is the Hiroshima Environmental Bureau. Basically, this is where they turn this --



Filthy, filthy -- 4 stories high and weighing at thousands of kilos -- garbage -- into this --



Just for the record, they don't turn trash into hands. I just want to be clear on that.

Those garbages are converted into asphalts used for the roads or, something like concrete and other useful stuff. The place is pretty amazing. Very clean, it's so clean that you can't even smell a slight stench from the outside.

Check these other pictures inside the plant -- do you really think that this is a garbage facility if I didn't tell what it was?



It kinda reminds you of the boy bands era, don't you think? This is inside the plant.



This too is inside the plant. The cockpit -- Cerebro -- if you will. All the things that are happening around the plant are monitored here.



This was also taken inside the plant. Need I say more about what I said earlier that this place is as clean as the pearly gates of Heaven?



This garbage-eating-monster has eight mouths. Every now and then, garbage trucks feed it and it opens its mouth -- swallows the whole truck-full of garbage without even chewing it. Get a load of that Optimus Prime!

Next stop -- Itsukushima Shrine -- still in Hiroshima -- ladies and gents.

See you on the next part of this chapter.