A-Bomb Cenotaph

City of Pain

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January 12th 2008
was so thirsty he tried to drink the pus from his nailless fingers. (Actual paraphrasing from an A-Bombing victim's story in the Peace Memorial Museum) Hiroshima is a relatively small Japanese city known primarily for one thing: being the site of the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare. I left Kyoto very early today under heavy rain, and arrived in Hiroshima around 9:30 in the ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more