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Sunday, 25 May 2014

JAPAN - Hiroshima

PB060146The 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.


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PB060143Stopped by the highway rest stop for a break.


PB060144You can almost get everything you need for refreshment with the row of vending machines available.


PB060147This 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.


PB060150The contrast of how the building looks like before and after the atomic bomb attack.


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PB060149We are now at the Peace Memorial Park.


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PB060153This is the children’s peace monument in the park.


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PB060155The 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.


PB060156Entering the Peace Memorial Musuem, we were greeted by a monument with the message of peace carved on it.


PB060157The profound words by His Holiness Pope John Paul II.


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PB060160The town model that depicts how the city looks like before and after the bomb attack.


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PB060161Only a handful buildings still remained after the attack..


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PB060168The replica of the A-bomb dome inside the museum.


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PB060169This is the globe showing countries with nuclear weapons.


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PB060174Walking through a corridor that depicts the aftermath of the bomb.


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PB060182Let all the souls here rest in peace for we shall not repeat the evil.


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PB060196We had fried pork rice for dinner. Yummy, yummy.


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Next, we headed to Himeji.




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