Travel Blog #8: Hiroshima in Photos

“I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds” – J. Robert Oppenheimer

View from Hiroshima station, modern day.

A tricycle hit by the nuclear blast.

A plaque urges “No more Hiroshimas”.

A map shows the aftereffects of nuclear testing in the USA.

Cenotaph for the atomic bomb victims.

Monument to the Korean victims of the bomb.

Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound – herein lay the ashes of tens of thousands of the bomb’s victims.

Bell of Peace – ringing to call an end to nuclear war.

Atomic Bomb Dome – formerly the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. Hundreds of people within were instantly killed by the nuclear blast.

Now listed as a World Heritage Site, the dome was once called for removal due to the sad reminder it brings.

The world’s first atomic bomb was detonated 600m above this spot.

The view straight up from the former hypocenter of the nuclear blast.

Shukkeien garden – originally constructed in 1620, rebuilt in 1951 after the war.

A view of the garden’s rainbow bridge.

The beautiful garden attracts many tourists.

Much of the garden can be seen from this spot.

A tea garden – restored in 1963.

Several small islands can be found in the main pond.

Thin stone bridges help with crossing from one area to the next.

Today, skyscrapers dot the backdrop of the Shukkeien garden.