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July 27th 2014

Published: October 9th 2014

We had an idea in our mind how Hiroshima would be and it was nothing like we expected. We had both learned about Hiroshima while we were at University, on very different courses. Neil on a Biomedical Science course, about the effects of radiation on the human body. Donna on an International Relations course, about the Second World War, its end in Asia and the post-war recovery of Japan. We have t... Read Full Entry

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Donna and Neil

We saved for 3 years and then went Hoff to travel the world. Chris Columbus and Magellan eat your heart out...do you reckon other people will have already discovered the places we are going to? You bet! About Us Neil, originally from Hartlepool, UK and Donna, originally from the Wirral, UK have known each other for 19 years. We bought a house, got cushy jobs in Nottingham and always had a passion to travel and see what more was out there in the big wide world (sounds corny or what?). The opportunity came when we were both made redundant and given nice r... full info

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Window display for Hiroshima's baseball team

They are called the Carps

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Security guard paying his respects at the cenotaph

Novel parking solutions

Arcade

安らかに眠って下さい過ちは繰返しませぬから

"Let all the souls here rest in peace for we shall not repeat the evil"

Peace flame

The flame has burned continuously since it was lit in 1964

The Children's Peace Monument

Dedicated to the memory of the children who died as a result of the bombing. The statue is of a girl with outstretched arms with a folded paper crane rising above her.