Places to visit on your trip to Hiroshima.
Among the many tourist attractions in Hiroshima, many people visit the Atomic Bomb Dome, a World Heritage Site.
My wife and I traveled to Hiroshima together.
Having never visited the Atomic Bomb Dome before, I decided that I had to visit it at least once.
We toured both the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park near the A-bomb Dome and the Peace Memorial Museum, which contains records of the atomic bombing.
We must not forget. Thinking about war and peace
The second day of our trip to Hiroshima.
We started our sightseeing in Hiroshima city and first visited Hiroshima Castle.
After finishing sightseeing at Hiroshima Castle, we headed to the Atomic Bomb Dome for the first time in our lives.
We used the streetcar for access.
If you need to change trains, the driver will give you a transfer ticket when you get off at the transfer station.
The “Atomic Bomb Dome-mae” station is your destination.
Atomic Bomb Dome
This is the Atomic Bomb Dome, a World Heritage Site.
Even if you have never visited the A-bomb Dome, you have probably seen the form of the building in textbooks or in the media.
It is also called the “Negative World Heritage Site” as a warning and a wish that “a similar tragedy will never happen again”.
Even in its current state, one can imagine that the building was originally beautiful and robust.
The fact that the building was impacted to such an extent that it is in this state.
The horror of the atomic bomb.
We must not forget it, I strongly feel so when I stand in front of it.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Peace Memorial Park, where the A-bomb Dome is located, is a beautiful green park.
Because the A-bomb Dome remains in such a beautiful park and in the midst of everyday scenery, I naturally began to think about war and peace.
Walking through the park with my two wives, I feel a variety of emotions.
In such a peaceful time, war suddenly bares its fangs, doesn’t it?
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
After touring the park, we will head to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
This museum has many records of the effects of the atomic bombing.
Many photographs and other records of the atomic bombing, as well as photographs and artifacts of the injured, are on display, reminding us of the tragedy of the atomic bombing.
There are many items on display, such as a charred lunch box, that give a sense of the smell of the lives of those who died in the bombing.
When I think of the sudden end of those lives, I am left speechless.
The image above is a paper crane left by Sadako Sasaki.
Sadako, who was exposed to the atomic bomb when she was 2 years old, suddenly developed leukemia 10 years later and died after an 8-month battle with the disease.
In her hospital room, Sadako continued to fold the paper cranes with all her might, expressing her wish to live.
Conclusion
Japan is now a peaceful country without war, but people have the ability to destroy that peace in an instant.
It is difficult to be aware of this in the midst of peace, but the fact that there is a place that preserves the tragedy of the past as a form is enough to make visitors to the place reaffirm peace and war.
It was a sad but wonderful place.
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