A very interesting—and very sobering—trip to Hiroshima. 51 years ago, the place I visited didn’t exist: it was the world’s first ever (and hopefully last ever) atomic bomb slag heap…
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- Kyoto Station Train Sign – Japanese
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- Kyoto Station Train Sign – English
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- Kyoto Station Shinkansen 700 “Nozomi”
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- Kyoto Station Shinkansen 500 “Nozomi”
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- Train Sign
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- Hiroshima Station
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- Hiroshima Station Older Shinkansen 200 series Kodama
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- My luxury Hotel Bath
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- My luxury hotel room
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- View from my hotel window – Hiroshima Station
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- View from my hotel window
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- View from my hotel window – Hiroshima Station at Sunset
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- Taxis by Night
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- Neon Lights
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- Lovely gifts
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- REALLY expensive fruit baskets!
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- “Eki-Ben” Boxed Lunch seller
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- Hiroshima Station
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- Outside Hiroshima Station
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- Outside Hiroshima Station
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- Genbaku Domu – A-Bomb Dome
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- Genbaku Domu – A-Bomb Dome
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- Peace message
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- Memorial to fallen schoolchildren
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- Paper cranes
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- Paper cranes
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- Paper cranes
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- Genbaku Domu – A-Bomb Dome
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- Cenotaph & Peace Memorial Park
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- The time it hit
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- A-Bomb Museum
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- A-Bomb Museum – “Before” Model
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- A-Bomb Museum – “After” Model
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- One of the only photos the day the bomb fell
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- A-Bomb Museum – Model
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- Peace Memorial Park
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- Happy Family – Peace Memorial Park
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- Peace Memorial Hall
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- Peace Memorial Hall
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- A Little Boy who would never grow up…
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- A Little Boy who would never grow up…
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- A Little Boy who would never grow up…
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- My thoughts in the guest book
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- Genbaku Domu – A-Bomb Dome
journey, not destination 