Blogs from Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Asia - page 5

"Mögen alle Seelen hier in Frieden ruhen, denn wir werden die Katastrophe nie mehr zulassen" steht auf dem Steinsarkophag eingraviert, der in Hiroshimas Peace Memorial Parc stellvertretend für alle die, deren leibliche Überreste niemals beerdigt werden konnten, aufgebahrt steht. Als ich von meinem Hotel, direkt gegenüber des Peace Memorial Parc, bei strahlendem Sonnenschein über den Fluss spaziere, sehe ich erst nur eine riesige wunderschöne Parkanlage aber je näher ich dem Mahnmal komme, umso beklemmender wird die Atmosphäre. Und als ich schließlich vor dem - zugegebenermaßen nicht wirklich hübschen - Betonbogen stehe, unter dem der Steinsarkophag steht und durch den man in einer Sichtachse die "Flamme des Friedens" (die erst gelöscht werden soll wenn die letzte Atomwaffe der Welt vernichtet ist) und den "A-Bomb-Dome" sehen kann, habe ich wirklich einen Kloß im Hals. Links weht die j ... read more

This was another thing I wanted to visit and had a few hours in the morning to do so before my Shinkansen ride back to Tokyo later that day. Some of these pictures are from the grounds nearby the Hiroshima Castle itself. It was clear to me that this castle isn't in the same repair as say the Osaka Castle. Both were well done and such on the inside, but I would have to say the exterior of the Osaka Castle was in far better shape than the exterior of the Hiroshima Castle. The Hiroshima Castle was destroyed by the atomic bomb on 6 Aug 1945, and due to its fairly close proximity to the A-Bomb Dome would have to imagine the building on that day stood no chance of surviving that bombing.... read more

This lies within the confines of the Hiroshima Peace Park itself. It contains the ashes of thousands of victims of the bombing on 6 August 1945.... read more

I had long been interested to visit Hiroshima to see what physical evidence of the 6 Aug 1945 bombing was still in existence. One thing I was surprised by was to feel such a connection to the events of that day when I finally saw the remains of thisbuilding in person. I arrived into Hiroshima on the afternoon of 25 Sep 2014 and immediately came to visit the dome. I took pictures at that time with just my digital camera. I came back the next morning, a clearer weather day, to take pictures with my tablet as a backup in case those pictures came out better. What I am posting is a mixture of the two. On 6 Aug 1945, this building was known as The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. It is now known as ... read more

We arrived in Hiroshima at about 10am which was just over two hours after we left Kyoto. We dropped our bags off at our hotel and set off on foot towards the Atomic Bomb Dome. It took us about half an hour to walk to the dome from our hotel. Along the way we passed heaps of shopping malls and restaurants. The dome is located in the middle of Hiroshima and a lovely park with memorials and a museum have been constructed around it. I always find it strange seeing sites in person that I have seen in books or on TV my whole life and the A-Bomb Dome was no different. I think it was slightly smaller than I expected. A number of signs have been erected around the building which is fenced off from ... read more