JAPAN - Nagasaki

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Nagasaki used to be a small fishing village which eventually became a port after the Portugese found it. It quickly became famous after it became the second area in Japan struck by the United States’ atomic bomb in 1945.

Nagasaki Peace Park is a park that commemorates the atomic bombing of the city during World War II.

This is Peace Statue in the park.

Many Japanese students visited the park.

The statue’s right hand points towards the sky (threat of nuclear weapons), while the left hand symbolise peace. The statue with closed eyes offers a prayer for the atomic bomb’s victim. The folded right leg and extended left leg signify both meditation and the initiative to stand up and rescue the people of the world.

This is one of the international sculpture gifts in the park.

A monument in front of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.

Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is just next to the Peace Park.

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The bomb codename “Fat Man” in the background. It destroyed about one-third of the city and killed or injured 150,000 people. Many survivors died in subsequent years due to the deadly radiation.