Genevieve 🇺🇸🇫🇷 | Probably Traveling ✈️🌏

[Japan '25 🇯🇵]
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One last quiet escape 🌿
For our last day exploring Japan, we stayed in Hiroshima, determined to make the most of it until the very end.
A short ride on a local train 🚃, followed by a peaceful walk through a quiet residential neighborhood, brought me to my last stop in Hiroshima: Mitaki-dera. The path quickly led into a dense, lush forest 🌿, and the air felt cooler, softer — almost instantly calming.
No ticket booth at the entrance, just a small stone box and a simple request to leave a few coins. I dropped mine in and noticed how each one echoed with a slightly different tone 🔔 — a small, almost poetic detail.
Further along, the temple slowly revealed itself. Wooden buildings blending into the forest, a pagoda partially hidden behind maple trees 🍁, and rows of moss-covered Jizō statues lining the path.
I knew there was a trail leading all the way up to the top of Mount Mitaki, with views over Hiroshima — but time wasn’t on my side. So I made my way back down, trying to take it all in one last time — even dropping a few extra coins in the box, just to hear that soft chime again 🔔
It felt like a quiet way to close this chapter.
That evening, we boarded the Shinkansen back to Tokyo 🚄, with the feeling that Japan still had one last surprise waiting for us ✨🗼
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