#Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome

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広島原爆ドーム 中国地方の名所

広島原爆ドーム（ひろしまげんばくドーム）は、広島市中心部の平和記念公園内にある建造物で、第二次世界大戦中に原爆投下を受けた際の爆心地に近い場所に位置しています。この建物は、原爆投下の被害を象徴し、平和と核兵器廃絶への願いを伝える象徴的な存在となっています。 かつては広島県産業奨励館として使用されていた建物で、原爆投下の際に建物の一部が破壊された後、そのままの姿で残され、現在は被爆直後の様子を伝える貴重な遺構として世界遺産にも登録されています。 原爆ドームは、爆心地からわずか160メートルほどの場所に建っており、爆風や放射線を直接受けたために壁や柱が崩壊し、屋根も損傷しました。しかし、建物の中心部分が一部残り、その姿を今もなお留めています。 広島原爆ドームは、戦争と核兵器の惨禍を後世に伝え、平和への願いを訴える記念碑的建造物として、多くの人々に訪れられています。平和記念公園内には他にも原爆資料館や平和の像など、平和を願う様々な施設���あり、訪れる人々に歴史的な教訓と平和への思いを伝えています。

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Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome Famous places in the Chugoku region

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome (Hiroshima Genbaku Dome) is a structure located in the Peace Memorial Park in the center of Hiroshima city, close to the epicenter of the atomic bombing during World War II. . This building symbolizes the damage caused by the atomic bombing and has become a symbol that conveys the hope for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons. This building was once used as the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, and after part of the building was destroyed when the atomic bomb was dropped, it was left in its original state, and is now known around the world as a valuable relic that shows what it was like right after the atomic bombing. It is also registered as a heritage site. The Atomic Bomb Dome was located only 160 meters from the hypocenter, and was directly exposed to the blast waves and radiation, causing its walls and columns to collapse and its roof to be damaged. However, part of the central part of the building remains and its appearance is still preserved today. The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome is visited by many people as a monumental building that conveys the devastation of war and nuclear weapons to future generations and appeals to the hope for peace. There are various other facilities in Peace Memorial Park that pray for peace, such as the Atomic Bomb Museum and the Peace Statue, which convey historical lessons and a desire for peace to visitors.

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Atomic bomb dome

Hiroshima, Japan

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Ruines du Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition Hall (aujourd'hui Atomic Bomb Dome) – Hiroshima – Japon – 24 octobre 1945

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Atomic Bomb Dome

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

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2023 / 01 / 08　原爆ドーム atomic bomb dome , hiroshima / japan

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Hiroshima 2024/09/09-13

Day 1-2

Long time no see... again... This was the worst summer ever. As in, officially the hottest ever with three times as many days over 35°C than usual. Somewhere around 55 days... orz Kyoto does know how to welcome me back ^^; So, I was laying low and dying every time I needed to step out of my flat. It turned out that this ground floor (and not wood) apartment does not heat as fast as my previous ones, so I could get through the day without air-con, but barely, so not much productivity until the evening from me, when I turned it on. You might ask why not the other way round? I cannot sleep in the heat (even in winter I turn the heating off for the night), and without sleeping I'm useless, so I use the air-con from evening to morning. This also meant that I was hardly doing anything for sightseeing, some exhibitions here and there, but it was just too hot.

Still, I thought it can't be that I'm not traveling during the holiday (especially since I'm having a holiday the first time in six years...), so I went to Hiroshima for the first time. It was a mistake. I expected lower temperatures in September, but no, around 35°C every day, and it was hellish. No trips in summer ever again. (I'm starting to feel like schools should just power through summer with air-conditioning and save the longer holiday for fall, September-October, when you can actually enjoy it too. Anyway, I took five days for Hiroshima to make it a slow trip, one that I could survive despite the heat - it was difficult anyway.

Day 1

Not living in the countryside is heavenly for transportation. Hiroshima is very close by Shinkansen, so I ticked off some basic sightseeing on the first day already. Like the Atomic Bomb Dome and the park (skipped the museum, I just didn't have the energy in the heat); Shukkeien Garden, a small but gorgeous park; Hiroshima Castle, which is more of an observatory with historical exhibition - like Osaka Castle, but much smaller. It doesn't have air-conditioning though (or too weak), so I had to spend five minutes in front of a high power fan, because I was about to pass out (not exaggerating...). Quite telling that all the people who came out of the castle flocked to the tiny shop selling ice cream - me included ^^; I closed the day in the shopping district afterward.

Day 2

I tried to take it easy, but the morning was hard. I wanted to visit some shrines and the Peace Monument just north of the station on a hill. It turned out to be a hill with tons of shrines, hiking routes, and I only saw a portion of everything there. It was 433 steps uphill in 35°C in a long skirt (pants stick to you too much). The steps were a bit steep in the second half too (not pictured). Every now and then they had some wise things to say (see above) while mentioning how much was left XD At the top there was this monument with a statue - concrete with metal and no shade at the benches anywhere!!! The view was great, but difficult to rest before going back down... I could refresh at the Hiroshima Museum of Art, fortunately. They had a nihonga exhibition, and since I have a new course to teach starting this semester that deals with mostly premodern Japanese visual arts, it was a useful exhibition for me. I closed the day walking around Ujina island, one of the islands near the coast. I love the sea, I love islands, so it was a nice preparation for the main dish of this trip: Miyajima. There were beaches, but it's the wrong side of the tide with every seashell and debris washing out there. It is also sandy, and I don't like sandy beaches. Anyway, the view was nice.

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Hiroshima stole my heart ❤️

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FOR IT IS THE DOOM OF MAN THAT HE FORGETS

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the atomic bomb and its creation, spurred by the release of Oppenheimer (2023).

One thing that everyone has to keep in mind is the actual toll that the use of the bomb had on people.  Films dramatizing it is one thing.  It’s quite another thing to see it in real life.

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

This is the Genbaku (Atomic Bomb) Dome, part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima.  This building is famous the only structure left standing near the epicenter of the explosion.

This is the memorial Centograph, which aligns with the Genbaku Dome.  The Centograph lists the names of the 200,000 victims of the bombing.

The Memorial Museum at the park includes numerous displays.  This one illustrates the detonation of the atomic bomb 1,968 feet above the city, and the devastation that it unleashed.

This is one of the most famous, or perhaps infamous, displays in the museum: a human shadow etched into stone steps from the bomb blast.  I’m not a good enough photographer to properly capture the shadow; it’s the darker portion in the middle of the steps.

Three days after Hiroshima was destroyed, a second atom bomb was detonated over Nagasaki, Japan.  An estimated 74,000 people were killed.

These are the only two times atomic weapons were used during wartime, and their stories are fairly well known.

I’m not here to debate whether use of the atomic bombs on Japan was justified or not, nor am I interested in doing so.  The fact is that the bombs were used, which had - and still have - terrible consequences.

There are still those today who cavalierly suggest the use of nuclear weapons.  We had an ex-president who wanted to use them to stop hurricanes, while Russia keeps threatening to unleash its atomic arsenal to keep the West at bay.   Heck, one of its military officers just suggested setting off a nuke at the North Pole, just to let the rest of the world know that Russia means business.

These idiots don’t give a single thought to the consequences if such actions were taken.  Or perhaps they don’t even care, which is even more chilling.

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

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HIROSHIMA Like a Local: My 24H Insider Travel Guide!

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Close to four months since the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas began on Oct. 7, 2023, participants in the demonstration in Hiroshima's Naka Ward called to "free Palestine." More than 50 people, including members of a citizens' group that stands daily in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome demanding an end to bloodshed and attacks, walked down Hondori street shouting "Stop the massacre" and "Ceasefire now" among other slogans. They then held a rally in front of the A-bomb Dome.

A farmer in his 30s from the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Shobara commented, "No matter how hard a day I have (here in Japan), it would probably seem like paradise to the people of Gaza. We must take action beyond calling for a cease-fire, to bring the occupation to an end." A woman from Algeria, which was under French colonial rule for 132 years from 1830, said she came to the event because she felt that Palestine was suffering the same fate as her country. Participants also voiced anger and questions about the Japanese government's decision to suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Hiroshima City Council's lack of resolutions regarding a cease-fire and other issues.

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Hiroshima short trip with camera 📸

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Photo of the Day: Hiroshima

Taken near the Atomic Bomb Dome. This bowl was actually on the steps leading down to the river that ran next to the Dome. The characters say Hiroshima. The bowl appears to be carved from stone and was just placed there for no reason I could discern. This is one of the astounding things I find about Japan. Things like this are left out and nobody messes with them. Someone could have easily…