While stationed in Japan as I mentioned earlier, we would frequently go to Hiroshima. A trip to Hiroshima soon became a “welcome to Japan” tour from yours truly for any new clinic personnel arriving to Iwakuni.

I recall one time when one of our new Lab technicians arrived, we took her to Hiroshima. The week she arrived, it just happened to be the week that the Lucasfilm exhibit was in town. For some of us Star Wars nerds, this may have been the ultimate rush. My friend Jeff and I knew we simply had to go.

Now, I remember I was very excited to go on this trip, and we had quite a few folks with us. One distinct memory that stuck out in my mind was while walking to the exhibit, the new Lab Tech asked me, “Does she have to walk so fast?” referring to our friend Swan. I just simply laughed and told her that you kinda get used to walking fast in Japan, but there’s no need to keep up, she knows where she’s going and so do I.

I’ll discuss Hiroshima more in a future post.

It’s memories like this that continue to make me smile. Keep on remembering…

[tags]memories, Japan, Hiroshima, Lucasfilms[/tags]