Above is me in front of the A-Bomb Dome and the Children`s Peace Memorial
Hiroshima was very surreal. I arrived on the Shinkansen(bullet train) and headed straight to the Peace Memorial Park. This is dedicated to the bombing and those people who have suffered from it. The park features the A-bomb dome which is the last remaning original building from the bombing, the peace flame, which will burn continuously until the last nuclear bomb on the planet is destroyed, the Children`s Peace Memorial, which is dedicated to all the children sufferinf retardation or cancer, and the Peace Memorial Museum. The museum was a difficult experience. It detailed the building of the city, the events leading up to the bombing, and the aftermath of July 6, 1945. Complete devastation. The city was flattened and over 150,000 killed in a matter of minutes. The end of the exhibit showed pictures of the burn victims with clothes torched right into their skin. It also showed the people who suffered radiation exposure. Infants we retarded, people grew disfigured, and cancer rates leading to death increased tenfold. It was very sad an I had to leave early close to tears because I was very overwhelmed. Nobody should have to suffer through that. It will have a lasting impact on me.
See Hiroshima after the bomb:
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The Peace Park:
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