73 years ago today…
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Posts tagged 広島平和記念資料館 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
(more than) one thousand origami cranes
origami cranes @ Hiroshima Peace Memorial
If you haven’t heard the story, here you go.
原爆ドーム
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (AKA Atomic Bomb Dome or Genbaku Dōmu)
When I visited the Atomic Bomb Dome in 2013, work was being done on it. The construction was not to bring it back to its former, pre WW2 state; instead, it was to keep it from falling to pieces during an earthquake.
Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall sign
70 years later
Hiroshima paper cranes
Middle school kids from Hiroshima write, “We will not forget.”
Earth Abides
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the rain (広島平和記念公園)
Time, children, rain–renewers of life.
August 6 – Peace Memorial Ceremony Day in Hiroshima
The monument in memory of Korean victims of A bomb – Hiroshima, Japan
Since I’m in Korea for the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, I thought I’d share a photo of the memorial you can find in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park of the Korean victims. Nobody knows exactly how many Koreans were killed or injured by the bomb, but estimates put the total between 20,000 and 40,000 people. The monument features a pillar on a large turtle. The top is a crown of sorts with two dragons listing the names of over 2,500 Koreans who are known to have been killed when the A Bomb exploded. The inscription on the monument reads, “Souls of the dead ride to heaven on the backs of turtles.” I have seen several similar turtle monuments in Korea so this must be a somewhat common tombstone or memorial of some kind in Korea.