Real artefacts recovered from the atomic bomb rubble

Hiroshima

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May 24th 2015
Hiroshima is famous for being one of the two cities in Japan where an atomic bomb was dropped. In addition, as a much flatter city that Nagasaki, the damage caused in Hiroshima was even more vast so it has become the more famous of the two. However, after visiting the city, it was clear to me they there is so much more to it than its sad history. The city itself is one of the nicest I've visited i ... 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