I wanted to post a few more Japan pictures.
This is one of the many stream beds in Nagasaki, which is bisected by a number of streams and rivers and help make the city quite beautiful and rugged at the same time. This is Nakashima-gawa.
This is what is called the hypocenter of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. It exploded above ground at this exact spot.
In the foreground is a church destroyed by the bomb, the plinth in the back is directly where the bomb fell.
here is another view of the bomb site.
It is a very well done memorial, I thought. Quite striking, especially on a cold winter dusk. And the intense activity of the city around you is really a striking contrast to the austerity of this place. A bit complicated to view, in a way, since people kept coming up to the site and praying and I felt at times like a bit of a gawker.
The museum about the boming was very well done and both evenhanded and unflinching in describing the effects of the bomb without at all sidestepping the Japanese aggression which started the war and killed millions of people throughout Asia.
Here is the Urakami River, which runs through the hypocenter, at which which many surivors sought refuge.
Finally, to end on a happier note, ere is another shot of the pig array at the Lantern Festival in Nagasaki, from the side. Gives you a good idea of the glisten on it.
This is one of the many stream beds in Nagasaki, which is bisected by a number of streams and rivers and help make the city quite beautiful and rugged at the same time. This is Nakashima-gawa.
This is what is called the hypocenter of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. It exploded above ground at this exact spot.
In the foreground is a church destroyed by the bomb, the plinth in the back is directly where the bomb fell.
here is another view of the bomb site.
It is a very well done memorial, I thought. Quite striking, especially on a cold winter dusk. And the intense activity of the city around you is really a striking contrast to the austerity of this place. A bit complicated to view, in a way, since people kept coming up to the site and praying and I felt at times like a bit of a gawker.
The museum about the boming was very well done and both evenhanded and unflinching in describing the effects of the bomb without at all sidestepping the Japanese aggression which started the war and killed millions of people throughout Asia.
Here is the Urakami River, which runs through the hypocenter, at which which many surivors sought refuge.
Finally, to end on a happier note, ere is another shot of the pig array at the Lantern Festival in Nagasaki, from the side. Gives you a good idea of the glisten on it.
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