We spent a few hours at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and Museum. Hiroshima was hit by a nuclear bomb from an American bomber, on 6 August 1945, towards the end of WWII. The bombing killed an estimated 140,000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74,000 in Nagasaki. For years after, survivors would face forms of cancer or other side effects from the radiation. We also walked to the spot where the hypo centre was, they had a plaque stating this was the location where a U.S. Army bomber dropped the bomb and it went off, 600 metres above this spot.
Some more photos below. The one of the “A Bomb Dome”, last two photos in the group below, was actually the former Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall which was used to promote Industry. It was one of the few buildings left standing when the bomb went off and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Museum 
Clock stopped at the time the Bomb went off, which was 815 which is greyed out in the background 
Inside the museum 
Inside the museum 
Safe found in a pharmacy, he and his wife and two employees were killed. Everything in the safe was carbonized 
Exposed to the atomic radiation at close range, this is thought to be “shadow” of someone waiting on the steps for the bank to open. 
Peace Park 
Children’s Peace Monument 
A Bomb Dome 
We spent quite a bit of time here, the displays were well done, considerate and informative. It was a bad time in history and we shouldn’t forget these events.
Until next time..
Trums Travels 
Wow, thank you for sharing these amazing, beautiful and sad photos, guys. The dome photo says it all as does the photo showing where a person may have been sitting. Imaging being instantly vaporised. The city has recovered very well which has me wonder if there is any trace radiation lingering about.
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We also wondered about that, if there are any traces left. I always thought it took years and years to dissipate and I didn’t think it was long enough. I should look into that!
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Agreed, not long enough or so it seems.
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The images of the clothes and where someone was sitting sure are haunting Susan. I have not seen any of those images before. The monuments to those many who perished are beautiful, little comfort to loved ones who remain behind but I’m glad there is something there where people can reflect and pray for those lives lost. I remember the photos after Chernobyl and Three-Mile Island and the aftermath from my time.
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Yes what a great description Linda, they are haunting. I think about it a lot, how horrible for them and where do you go? Especially with zero warning
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Yes, nowhere to hide – everything was contaminated; just imagine the resignation you’d feel from being so helpless. Earlier today I watched videos of how a glacier broke away in Nepal and send a 30-foot high floodwater over a city. People scrambling to outrun this mountain of water coming at them. It was scary – our weather, all around the world, is just terrifying now.
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Nepal, that was terrifying! Can you imagine how they felt? I watched one video and started another one and had to stop, it was awful to watch. I feel so bad for all those people, so many died and the ones left have to rebuild everything.
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The first video I saw was the glacier breaking off and it took so long to create a wake or wave of any type, I didn’t see how it would harm anything, but then it picked up speed and ravaged through town so quickly. I follow Anderson Cooper’s show on FB and he is in Nepal and he was speaking about the devastation and showed pictures which reminded me of after 9/11 when there were photos posted of missing loved ones in a central area and also photos of recovered bodies waiting to be identified. John Berman (CNN) interviewed a guy who was in a bus and described how water was overtaking them – he and a few others, plus another bus load of people escaped and were rescued by air. I can’t imagine – there are over 100 people missing last I heard.
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We thought we heard on the radio this morning there are maybe 3500? people missing. I hope its not so. What a horrible tragedy.
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You are correct Susan – I heard a much larger number this morning. My all-news radio station is no longer affiliated with CBS, so they had cutbacks and there is no live newscasts before 7:00 a.m., nor after 5:00 p.m. on weekends … everything is just re-run all night. Makes no sense really – I guess they feel people rely on social media to keep up with what’s going on. It is beyond devastating.
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Interesting, thanks for sharing!
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You are welcome!
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