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Now to get serious for a moment
Today is the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. I always feel like words don't really do justice when I talk about this beautiful city, so I thought I'd post some of my Hiroshima pictures instead:
Paper cranes folded by Sasaki Sadako, a young girl who died of radiation poisoning.
If there's one misconception I'd love cleared up, it's that Hiroshima is still a struggling, recovering city. Hiroshima is alive.
The memorial statue, the flame that will burn as long as there are nuclear weapons in the world, and the atom bomb dome, built in a straight line from one to the other.
The children's memorial. The girl on top of the statue holding a paper crane is Sadako.
A memorial to the many Koreans living in Hiroshima at the time.
The epicenter of the bomb.
A memorial to the unclaimed, unidentified victims.
The clock chimes every morning at the time the bomb dropped: 8:15am.
And one last memorial, this one for the mobilized students who were working near the epicenter when the bomb dropped.
I also want to link you all to this personal account of that day by Matsubara Miyoko, a remarkable woman who I had the privilege of meeting last summer. It's not an easy read, but it was very important to Matsubara-san that her story be told and remembered. I hope you'll give it a look. ♥
Paper cranes folded by Sasaki Sadako, a young girl who died of radiation poisoning. If there's one misconception I'd love cleared up, it's that Hiroshima is still a struggling, recovering city. Hiroshima is alive. The memorial statue, the flame that will burn as long as there are nuclear weapons in the world, and the atom bomb dome, built in a straight line from one to the other. The children's memorial. The girl on top of the statue holding a paper crane is Sadako. A memorial to the many Koreans living in Hiroshima at the time. The epicenter of the bomb. A memorial to the unclaimed, unidentified victims. The clock chimes every morning at the time the bomb dropped: 8:15am. And one last memorial, this one for the mobilized students who were working near the epicenter when the bomb dropped. I also want to link you all to this personal account of that day by Matsubara Miyoko, a remarkable woman who I had the privilege of meeting last summer. It's not an easy read, but it was very important to Matsubara-san that her story be told and remembered. I hope you'll give it a look. ♥
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Thank you for sharing these and remembering.
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I should really post my photos from Hiroshima. I really think that everyone should go there at least once in their lives, and I agree that it's important to spread the word that Hiroshima isn't the broken, downtrodden place that many people think it is. It's actually one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited, to be honest. In any case, thank you for Matsubarasan's story. It's important to know what really happened. <3
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