August 6, 1945



We all thought it was necessary to take a trip down to Hiroshima to pay our respects to the victims of the first atomic bombing. We visited the Peace park, and the A-bomb dome - the exact location where 200m above the bomb exploded. Teens of thousands were killed instantly, with over 200,000 more succumbing to burns and radiation in the weeks, months, and years afterwards.

To say the museum was a sobering eye opener would be an understatement. The horror that a single atomic bomb wrought is second only to the fact that 3 days later, they dropped another one on Nagasaki.

I have no photos of the museum. The images are burned into my brain.

The A-bomb dome itself was one of the government buildings for the prefecture, and was mostly spared since it was directly under the blast. It now stands exactly as it did in that day, as a reminder to the total destruction these weapons cause.





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  1. Dave JohnsonMay 16, 2019 at 2:36 PM

    I'm sure this was a moving experience. I may have to put this on my bucket list along side Auschwitz, the beaches of Normandy and Vimy Ridge.

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