Fukuoka 12/03-13/03

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For one and a half day i visited nagasaki. The city with a rich history as a trading city but also with its fate as the second atomic bomb target. the first day i visited my roots, the dutch slopes. This is the area where the dutch traded with japan. It's funny to know that the dutch where the only one trading with japan for many years. In the evening i traded also something, my book, wich i had finished was traded with another book, 'de vliegeraar'. the second day i visited the hypocentre of the a-bomb, the peace park and the memorial museum. This was very impressive and i found out that i didn't know a lot of these tragic history. the whole area was very impressive and it makes it even more impressive that there are still people suffering from this bomb. Also the fact that there are still so many atomic-bombs in the world (around 50.000) and a lot of countries are still testing these bombs (total tests over the 2500). It's hard to describe my feelings after this visit, but probaly you　migth imagine

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Photos

sunset
I watched the sunset at the river side while reading a book.

carp
of course you'll see them everywhere, as here on the dutch slopes.

11.02
this clock stopped ticking at the time of the explosion of the a-bomb....very impresive

memorial site
this is the main memorial site for the victims of the a-bomb

memorial museum
interior of the memorial museum.