JAPAN Hiroshima 24th September 2008

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We spent a poignant day at Hiroshima learning about the gastly aftermath of the bombing on 06 August 1945. The museum was a moving experience conveying the needless loss and suffering in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Although the history is upsetting and hard to comprehend it is an important place to visit and we were impressed how the museum teaches and informs visitors about the event, nuclear technology and world affairs in an objective manner.

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Photos

01 A bomb tower
This building was directly under the detonation epicentre. As a result it survived remarkably in tact and serves as a very sobering reminder to the devistation caused to Hiroshima.

06 Thousands of paper cranes
Donated by school children each year from all over the World to honour Sadako Sasaki and promote her wish for global nuclear disarmament.

08 Stopped watch
On display in the excellent museum, this watch was found after the bombing. It has stopped at 8.15, 6 August the exact time of detonation.

11 Rail travel in the 21st Century!
Leaving Hiroshima for Beppu. Duncan enjoys the Shinkansen. How rail travel should be.