A-Bomb Dome

Explosive Hiroshima

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September 21st 2007
Our trip to Hiroshima was an incredibly eye-opening experience. Having been to Pearl Harbour as a teenager and reading about how bad the Japanese were, seeing the other side of the story was somewhat more compelling and balanced out my perspective. Hiroshima city is a really beautiful place, and in September it was still quite warm and humid. The giant park that is a shrine to the victim ... 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