JAPAN - Hiroshima

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The first thing that comes to my mind if one ask me about the impression of Hiroshima is it is the city where the first atomic bomb was dropped in 1945.




Stopped by the highway rest stop for a break.


You can almost get everything you need for refreshment with the row of vending machines available.


This the A-bomb dome. It used to be the Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. It was one of the few buildings that remain standing after the attack. It is also a Unesco World Heritage site.


The contrast of how the building looks like before and after the atomic bomb attack.




We are now at the Peace Memorial Park.






This is the children’s peace monument in the park.




The Cenotaph is an arch tomb that commemorates victims who died because of the atomic bomb. Every year on the anniversary of the bomb attack, ceremony is held at the park.


Entering the Peace Memorial Musuem, we were greeted by a monument with the message of peace carved on it.


The profound words by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.




The town model that depicts how the city looks like before and after the bomb attack.





Only a handful buildings still remained after the attack..








The replica of the A-bomb dome inside the museum.





This is the globe showing countries with nuclear weapons.









Walking through a corridor that depicts the aftermath of the bomb.












Let all the souls here rest in peace for we shall not repeat the evil.























We had fried pork rice for dinner. Yummy, yummy.







Next, we headed to Himeji.

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