Hiroshima Peace Park

US Seagull said:

Today is the anniversary of the dropping of "little boy" on Hiroshima. Here is a video about it. It is brilliant, but hard to watch, especially once it gets into the account of the bombing itself:



Regardless of what you think about the pros and cons of the bombing, and the likely alternatives if it hadn't been used, I think we can all agree that it was absolutely horrifying.

Never forget.

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Change at Barnham said:

I went in May this year and will return again in October.
As you say, it is an amazing place and walking through the exhibition looking at the photos is very thought provoking.
We also had a talk from a survivor who was 6 at the time of the bomb and was about 3km away and recounts his memories of his family.
I hadn’t realised until I visited that the bomb was designed to explode before it hit the ground.

Hiroshima and Osaka were my two favourite cities.

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HAMPSHIRE DAVE said:

As Dave said about going to Auschwitz thought I'd mention my trip to Hiroshima while in Japan last year.
Due to a typhoon being just off the coast the weather was awful as you would expect but the rain did lead to one good thing.
I spent a very long time in the Peace Park memorial Museum.
It cost about 50p to enter but was worth much more.
Some of the photo's are amazing including one which is called something like the black shadow.
When the bomb was dropped somebody nearby to the blast was sitting on some steps outside a building.
Such was the force of the explosion that a outline of the person who was sitting there has been permanently marked in the steps.
No children were killed in the blast as they had all been moved out of the city before due to American bombing.
If anyone has ever thought of going to Hiroshima I would strongly suggest they go.
It's a wonderful city with a place like the lanes in Brighton but all undercover and with about 200 shops in the city centre.

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andys320 said:

Went to museum in Kigali a few years ago, not nearly enough time, but as said, scary what brainwashing through hate can provoke.

Please lets all be more tolerant to others.

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Change at Barnham said:

I hadn’t realised until I visited that the bomb was designed to explode before it hit the ground.

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Change at Barnham said:

I went in May this year and will return again in October.
As you say, it is an amazing place and walking through the exhibition looking at the photos is very thought provoking.
We also had a talk from a survivor who was 6 at the time of the bomb and was about 3km away and recounts his memories of his family.
I hadn’t realised until I visited that the bomb was designed to explode before it hit the ground.

Hiroshima and Osaka were my two favourite cities.

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Change at Barnham said:

I went in May this year and will return again in October.
As you say, it is an amazing place and walking through the exhibition looking at the photos is very thought provoking.
We also had a talk from a survivor who was 6 at the time of the bomb and was about 3km away and recounts his memories of his family.
I hadn’t realised until I visited that the bomb was designed to explode before it hit the ground.

Hiroshima and Osaka were my two favourite cities.

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Gabbafella said:

It's called and air burst. It essentially creates a pressure wave between the ground and the explosion, maximising the blast. Simple but devastating.

I've always wanted to visit Hiroshima but I think I'd find it too emotional. Same with Auschwitz.

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albionalex said:

I will also be going in October. If you have any recommendations from your May trip, would love to get some via dm.

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Change at Barnham said:

My first recommendation is to be in Tokyo on Tues 15th Oct.
It's the World Cup qualifier between Japan and Australia. I'll be wearing my Albion shirt in support of a certain someone.

(I'm in Paris at the moment working at the Olympics, I'll try and remember to dm you next week when I get home with any tips I can think of)

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