I have a mental list of must see places in Japan, and now the Atomic Bomb Site, and Peace Museum are on that list.
The feeling of standing on ground that was once levelled by such a terrifying disaster is very humbling. The shell of Genbaku Dome, a once large example of european architecture in japan, is all that remains from before the bomb, everyone inside the building was killed instantly in the fiery blast, as was everyone within a radius that’s only imaginable once you have seen the scale models and photographs in the Peace Museum.
The tragedy of the situation, as the museum points out, is that instead of trying to remove these weapons, the world is still testing new ones and trying to make them more effective at causing such devastation again. Every time a test is done somewhere in the world, the Mayor of Hiroshima will send a letter of protest to that country. 594 and counting, the most recent being a letter to the Obama adminstration last year, calling him out on hypocritically supporting nuclear disarmament while still testing weapons themselves.
It was a sombre afternoon but then we went and ate Okonomiyaki at the station, we had planned to eat somewhere else but our taxi driver insisted that was the wrong choice and this was a much better taste of the local style. Check out the photos to see the deliciousness for yourself.
We are on the train now, I’ve attached a video so you can all see what the world looks like going by at 250 mph or so. We’ll be back in Shounandai tonight, so I’ll blog more again tomorrow if we have a good adventure!
