Tag: Hiroshima
Photo of the Week
I took this photo during my visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan. Unfortunately the boy died three days later. Have you visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial? How did you feel after spending a few hours in it? Share your thoughts below…and this post too if you think it’s worth it!
Photo of the week
The Dome in Hiroshima is one of the only three buildings within a 2 kilometer radius of the explosion’s epicenter that did not collapse on that dreadful morning of August 6th ín 1945. Known as the Gembaku Domu in Japanese it was originally called the Industrial Promotion Hall and was designed to be a commercial [...]
“Attack made in 1/10 cloud conditions[...]” : The A bomb of Hiroshima
This excerpt is part of the message the pilot of the Enola Gay transmitted ot its air base after dropping the A-bomb on Hiroshima, the last city we would be able to visit during our week in Japan. The city itself does not have much going on, but history has made it famous for its [...]
