Japan – Hiroshima
After a couple nights in Nagasaki, we jumped on a train and headed north to Hiroshima where we spent two nights. We stayed in a great spot called Aster Plaza, which is basically a youth hostel, but hotel style. Very close to some cool shops and restaurants, one of which we ate dinner at both nights we were there. I wish this picture weren’t so hideous, and maybe that I wasn’t in it.
The A-Bomb Museum in Hiroshima was an eye-opening experience, and very informative. There were a lot of educational opportunities, everything from official documents to recorded interviews with bomb survivors. This pocket watch was destroyed and stopped the moment the bomb dropped, 8:15am.
These doors (made of solid iron, if I recall correctly), were bent and twisted out of shape as you can see in the picture. Again, if I remember correctly, they were approximately 1.2 Kilometers from the blasts epicenter.
The A-Bomb dome, pictured below, along with the memorial, is the only building that remains that was a part of Hiroshima prior to the bomb blast in 1945. Only a handful of buildings survived that blast (I think there were three or so), as most buildings at that time were made of wood. Those that weren’t completely obliterated by the bomb were burned up in the fires that raged the city for days after the bomb was dropped.
This is a night shot of the A-Bomb Dome. I was trying to get creative with the camera settings to get a longer shutter speed.
We very much enjoyed our time in Hiroshima. It’s a beautiful city with a lot of culture, really friendly people, and lots to see and do.
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