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Miyajima Island –Floating Tori

Miyajima will always have a special place in my heart.  Yes, the island, features one of Japan’s most legendary sites, the Floating Tori,  plus lots of temples and the view from Mount Misen.  But what made it really really special and unforgetable, I ran into friend from back home.

Floating Tori on Miyajima Island 

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Hiroshima – reborn

It was strange arriving in this city that is only associated with unparalled destruction and human suffering. I was irritated by the green, quiet streets, the cherry trees in full bloom. The Ota River rolls by, splits up in many small rivers that form litte islands that much of Hiroshima is built on. Nothing reminds of the horror of August 6th, 1945, when the first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima. A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more died in the following weeks from wounds and radiation poisoning.

Hiroshima – view from Peace Park

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