Hiroshima a minute before the blast

The target was the 'T' shaped bridge at the bottom of the picture.

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September 11th 2005
As scary as that title sounds it doesn't even begin to tell of the horrors that happened at 08:15 on August the 6th, 1945. Firstly, before I get on to my rant about the A Bomb, Hiroshima is a really nice place, the way the city has been transformed in the last 60 years is amazing, it's now a thriving metropolis and has a population of 1.1 million, more than 3 times than the population at the t ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hiroshima

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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