The destiny of Hiroshima changed for ever at exactly 8:15am on the 6th of August 1945. The first atomic bomb ever used during warfare instantly killed more than 70.000 people, completely destroyed the city and leaved a scar that will never completely heal. Visiting Hiroshima and especially the Peace Museum is an extremely emotional experience.
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle
Cherry blossoms at Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle
The view from Hiroshima Castle
Looking down from Hiroshima Castle
A torii in Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle
One of the gates of Hiroshima Castle
One of the gates of Hiroshima Castle
No, I didn’t mix up my pictures of Hawaii and Japan; this really is a sunset in Hiroshima!
A little restaurant in Hiroshima
The old tram of Hiroshima by night
View from the Peace Park of Hiroshima at night time
The Genbaku Dome at night time
The Genbaku Dome at night time
The Genbaku Dome at night time
A picture of Hiroshima in October 1945, 2 months after the atomic bomb
The Genbaku Dome of Hiroshima
The Genbaku Dome of Hiroshima
The Peace Memorial of Hiroshima with the Genbaku Dome in the background
A tricycle in the Peace Museum of Hiroshima, survivor of the explosion
A watch in the Peace Museum forever stopped at 8.15, time when the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima
Origami cranes in Hiroshima. The story behind these little pieces of paper is tragic and extremely sad; Sadako Sasaki, a little girl who survived the atomic explosion but developped a leukemia a few years later. She started to fold these little cranes, hoping that if she would reach 1000 she would heal. She never made it and died at the age of 12.
The tragic story of Sadako Sasaki spread far away from Hiroshima and people from all over the world started folding paper cranes and sent them as a tribute to this little girl. A memorial to all the children who died in the atomic bomb can now be found in the Hiroshima Peace Park
A man feeding birds in Hiroshima
