Change of Plans
Well, as travel plans are wont to do, we changed plans midstream and went straight to Hiroshima instead. We may try to visit Okayama at some point, but we decided that dragging our suitcases all over town was a bad idea, and by the time we got to the Hotel, we really didn't have time to go back to Okayama, so we went to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial instead.
This place is a very moving monument. My own words are inadequate to express the nature of the memorial, so instead I will leave you with a few pictures, and a link to the Hiroshima Peace Park's official site. If you ever get the chance to come to Hiroshima and see it, it is well worth it.
The "Genbaku Domu" or A-Bomb dome. The blast was almost straight overhead of this building, which through some twist of fate allowed part of the structure to remain intact.
The Children's Memorial - A monument to Sadako Sasaki, a child who developed Leukemia after being exposed to the bomb at age 2. At age 10 she succumbed to the disease, but not before trying to fold 1000 cranes in hopes of a miracle cure.
The Cenotaph where the names of all of the victims of the A-bomb are stored, the eternal flame - symbol of peace, and the A-bomb dome.
Comments
Great photos again, Jas.
Very powerful images. Thank you for sharing these with us.
Posted by: Chuck Arnold | October 6, 2005 12:12 PM
Jason, your picture of Sadako's monument is awesome! I am actually writing to ask if I could get your permission to display your photo during a speech I will be giving in a few weeks. The speech is for a class I am taking at my local community college. I will be speaking about origami, paper cranes, and sadako sasaki and I would love to show the monument to sadako at Peace Park. I don't know any other way to contact you but this. I really wish I could go there and take my own picture but that will probably never happen. :(
Anyway, please let me know if I can use your photo for my visual aid! Please, please!! Thanks, Nan
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