Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules

Thanks Guys.

..next location over from the Korean Monument (Grey circle last pic)...the Atomic bomb memorial Mound (Lime green circle), followed by the Bell of Peace (Dark Blue circle)and a last shot back on the Motoyasu-Bashi bridge our starting point (Bright Green Arrow)
 

Attachments

  • 83_Atomic Bomb memorial Mound_0235.jpg
    83_Atomic Bomb memorial Mound_0235.jpg
    141.4 KB · Views: 76
  • 84_memorial Mound_0220.jpg
    84_memorial Mound_0220.jpg
    75 KB · Views: 83
  • 85_memorial Mound_0237.jpg
    85_memorial Mound_0237.jpg
    124.3 KB · Views: 88
  • 86_Atomic bomb Mound_0234.jpg
    86_Atomic bomb Mound_0234.jpg
    115.2 KB · Views: 75
  • 87_Memorial Mound_0223.jpg
    87_Memorial Mound_0223.jpg
    80.9 KB · Views: 85
  • 88_Bell of peace_0242.jpg
    88_Bell of peace_0242.jpg
    106.7 KB · Views: 93
  • 89_Bell of Peace_0239.jpg
    89_Bell of Peace_0239.jpg
    137 KB · Views: 98
  • 90_back on the Bridge_0099.jpg
    90_back on the Bridge_0099.jpg
    80 KB · Views: 80
  • 91_Hiroshima Aerial View_Peace Park_locations.jpg
    91_Hiroshima Aerial View_Peace Park_locations.jpg
    142.5 KB · Views: 78
Thanks Vic.

Next location back across the river is the Monument to the Mobilised Students of Hiroshima used for labour service some 6000 of whom were killed in the Atomic bombing.
 

Attachments

  • 92_Hiroshima Aerial View_Peace Park_locations.jpg
    92_Hiroshima Aerial View_Peace Park_locations.jpg
    142.6 KB · Views: 72
  • 92_Memorial Monument to mobilised Students_0249.jpg
    92_Memorial Monument to mobilised Students_0249.jpg
    134.9 KB · Views: 73
  • 93_Mobilised Student Monument_0250.jpg
    93_Mobilised Student Monument_0250.jpg
    92.7 KB · Views: 71
  • 94_Student Monument_0251.jpg
    94_Student Monument_0251.jpg
    129.4 KB · Views: 78
  • 95_Student Monument-0252.jpg
    95_Student Monument-0252.jpg
    119.4 KB · Views: 74
  • 96_Student Monument_0253.jpg
    96_Student Monument_0253.jpg
    125.1 KB · Views: 81
  • 97_Student Monument_0254.jpg
    97_Student Monument_0254.jpg
    131.3 KB · Views: 84
Polite research, Wayne.

Expecting the future air raids by the B-29s, officials in Hiroshima were pulling down wooden houses which faced to the streets to make space as fire partitions.
Because residents were forced to move to the outskirts of the city, students of age from 11 to 14 were temporary asked to help removing wrecks and cleaning the streets.
 
Now we move on to the main Symbol of the Hiroshima Bombing, the A-Bomb Dome, that a good portion of this building was still standing after being almost directly under the Blast point is truely amazing.

First shots are from the opposite side and the bridge, then we move along the front side to Aioi Bridge , the original aiming point.
 

Attachments

  • 98_A-Bomb Dome_0244.jpg
    98_A-Bomb Dome_0244.jpg
    99.8 KB · Views: 83
  • 99_A-Bomb Dome_0097.jpg
    99_A-Bomb Dome_0097.jpg
    77.1 KB · Views: 88
  • 100_A-Bomb Dome Plaque_0268.jpg
    100_A-Bomb Dome Plaque_0268.jpg
    73.9 KB · Views: 76
  • 101_A-Bomb Dome-0269.jpg
    101_A-Bomb Dome-0269.jpg
    90.8 KB · Views: 103
  • 102_A-Bomb Dome_0270.jpg
    102_A-Bomb Dome_0270.jpg
    99.6 KB · Views: 89
  • 103_A-Bomb Dome_0271.jpg
    103_A-Bomb Dome_0271.jpg
    106.1 KB · Views: 78
  • 105_A-Bomb Dome_255.jpg
    105_A-Bomb Dome_255.jpg
    80.2 KB · Views: 76
  • 106_A-Bomb Dome_0257.jpg
    106_A-Bomb Dome_0257.jpg
    87.6 KB · Views: 73
  • 107_Aioi Bridge _0259.jpg
    107_Aioi Bridge _0259.jpg
    81.7 KB · Views: 87
  • 108_A-Bomb Dome_0274.jpg
    108_A-Bomb Dome_0274.jpg
    85.6 KB · Views: 78
For reference, the replica was built by an art director of TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.) Syutaro Nagata who was born and grew up in Hiroshima, based on the original drawings by Czechoslovakian architect Jan Letzel (1880-1925). The dome in Hiroshima was built in 1915.

More replica photos are here if interested.
It was said masterpiece of drama sets.
 
Last edited:
Thanks guys, and thanks Shinpachi!

And the balance of the A-Bomb dome shots going around the perimeter...
 

Attachments

  • 109_A-Bomb Dome_0275.jpg
    109_A-Bomb Dome_0275.jpg
    106.2 KB · Views: 72
  • 110_A-Bomb Dome_0280.jpg
    110_A-Bomb Dome_0280.jpg
    140.6 KB · Views: 72
  • 111_A-Bomb Dome_0281.jpg
    111_A-Bomb Dome_0281.jpg
    145.4 KB · Views: 73
  • 112_A-Bomb Dome_0284.jpg
    112_A-Bomb Dome_0284.jpg
    142.2 KB · Views: 72
  • 113_A-Bomb Dome_0286.jpg
    113_A-Bomb Dome_0286.jpg
    90.2 KB · Views: 70
  • 114_A-Bomb Dome_0289.jpg
    114_A-Bomb Dome_0289.jpg
    98.4 KB · Views: 78
Good photos, Wayne.

It was not rare to see such broken and abandoned buildings not only in Hiroshima but other cities in Japan when the war was over.
To rebuild the country, Japanese government recommended Hiroshima city removal of the dome building and offered necessary budget like it did for other cities.
Hiroshima hesitated and refused it as citizens did not want their history to be forgotten.
 
Last edited:
Watched a show the other night about the process to create the Peace Park and at first there wasn't enough money to do what was proposed by the then Architect Tange Kenzo,who won the design competition. The Mayor of Hiroshima then determined that the project would be done over 5 years so monies could be allocated, raised or donated to ensure the peace Park was done right.
 
Good research, Wayne.

ABCC was watching the citizens from the top of Hijiyama mountain to check who died everyday to collect biological specimens.
Many inhuman acts by ABCC were reported by survivors like abducting kids in the street and threats against citizens if they were not cooperative with medical examination.
Even international medical aid for them was banned.

If they had been paid respects by the lab as humans, we would not have been able to see the dome building today.
This is what the victor does not understand.

This topic would be enough.
 
Last edited:
Amazing that so much of the dome survived, and that replica is truly fantastic.
Thanks for the extra insight Shinpachi - this is something we rarely, if ever, hear about.
 
You are welcome, Terry.
Survivors are still under observation of the lab though its name camouflaged as Radiation Effects Research Foundation.
Location and buildings are same. Here is video introducing how it is now if interested.
Sorry for my many posts, Wayne.

******************
Note:
Video title: "RERF - Its Unknown Actual Situation"
Producer: TBS Television (for JNN news program)
Broadcasted on July 28, 2012

Theme: What can RERF(former ABCC) advise to Fukushima people now?
Conclusion: There are few what RERF can do because it did not research the influence of internal exposure by the black rain well.
The organization attempted once but gave up as sanitary condition of the subjects was too bad to tell what was exact cause of the symptoms that looked alike atomic-bomb disease.



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUG9PWJKI28
 
Last edited:

Users who are viewing this thread

Back