Our trip to Hiroshima was to see its Atomic Bomb history. The city has a huge memorial and museum that is incredibly moving. The harrowing sights included letters from Allied leaders that show how cold and politically calculated the dropping of the bombs were as well as personal effects like the tricycle of a little boy who was buried with it in his back yard by his father after being burned to death by the bomb.
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A-Bomb memorial with A-Bomb dome in background -
the only building hit by the bomb that was not demolished |
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| The A-Bomb dome - the bomb was detonated almost directly above this |
There were also large paper crane collections sent from all over the world after a schoolgirl who was dying of leukemia (due to the radiation from the bomb) decided if she folded 1,000 cranes she would survive but died before she ever completed the task. Her school colleagues completed it and it is now being done by school children around the world and sent for collection in the museum.
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Paper cranes from all over the world on display in the memorial park
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| Cupboards full of cranes |
Other than this we spent some time browsing the shops in the city and trying some more delicious Ramen (this time bought from a vending machine when you go into the restaurant). We boarded a train the same day and headed for the art island of Naoshima.
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