We bought our breakfast from a convenience store, and ate it in the park. During the day, we found it to be full of colour and movment and noise. There were schoolkids everywhere. The people were lovely. My friend and I got caught up chatting (with our highschool-level Japanese and their limited English) to a class of littlies and their teacher, who had called out to us as we passed.
At night, it’s very quiet and serene. Genbaku Dome is lit up from the inside and looks very eerie.