Hiroshima Peace Park

This is horrible...... This tricycle was donated to the museum by the father of teh boy who owned it... The father found the boy's body near his tricycle and decided he was too young to be buried in the family's plot and so buried him in the backyard, then 25 years later decided to move him, so dug him up and gave the tricycle to the museum.

Miyajima and Hiroshima

May 8th 2006
Okay, get ready for it, this is going to be a bit of a marathon, but if you get tired reading it, imagine me cramming it all into one weekend. Miyajima Miyajima is a small island off of the coast near Hiroshima. It is home of the 3rd most photgraphed sites in Japan- the Itsukushima Shrine gate- I think I made it number 1 on the weekend the amoutn of photos I took!!! It is a very sacred island ... 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

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