 SHINKANSEN TO HIROSHIMA |
 SHINKANSEN TO HIROSHIMA |
 RED BIRD MONUMENT - DEDICATED TO MIEKICHI SUZUKI, NOTED CHILDREN'S AUTHOR |
 RED BIRD MONUMENT - DEDICATED TO MIEKICHI SUZUKI, NOTED CHILDREN'S AUTHOR |
 A-BOMB DOME - NOW |
 BEFORE - AS THE INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION HALL |
 A-BOMB DOME |
 A-BOMB DOME |
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 A-BOMB DOME |
 CHILDREN'S PEACE MEMORIAL |
 CHILDREN'S PEACE MEMORIAL |
 PEACE MEMORIAL PARK |
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 CENTOGRAPH CONTAINING 294,000 NAMES |
 87-YEAR OLD SURVIVOR OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DESCRIBES THE DAY OF THE BOMBING AND THE HORROR TO COME |
 AS A YOUNG GIRL OF 12 |
 HER PRESENTATION WITH PAINTINGS DEPICTING THE EMOTIONS OF THE TIME |
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 SURVIVOR WITH FATHER AND BROTHER BEFORE THE BOMB |
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 INITIAL SURVIVORS CRAVED WATER, JUMPED IN THE RIVER, ONLY TO DIE ALMOST INSTANTLY |
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 PAINTING IN THE LOBBY OF THE PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM |
 THE EXACT TIME THE WORLD CHANGED FOREVER |
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 HIROSHIMA BEFORE |
 THE B0MB DROPS |
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 INSTANT AND WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION |
 INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION HALL - BEFORE AND AFTER |
 SCALE OF THE BOMBS - LITTLE BOY (R) HIROSHIMA AND FAT MAN (L) NAGASAKI |
 HEAT-GLAZED ROOF TILES |
 MELTED BOTTLE |
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 PEACE MEMORIAL PARK |
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 FERRY RIDE TO MIYAJIMA ISLAND |
 ITSUHUSHIMA SHRINE AND O-TORI GATE SOMETIMES COMPARED TO ST MICHEL IN FRANCE BECAUSE IT IS RHYTHMICALLY SURROUNDED BY TIDAL FLOW |
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 WILD DEER ROAM THE ISLAND |
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 VIEW BACK TO THE MAINLAND |
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 O-TORI GATE UNDER RENNOVATION |
 WHAT THE GATE SHOULD LOOK LIKE (PHOTO OF OUR ENTRANCE TICKET) |
 WATER FOR PURIFICATION BEFORE ENTERING THE SHRINE |
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 YOSHIKO |
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 FIVE-STORY PAGODA IN BACKGROUND |
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 SAKE BARRELS DONATED FOR CHARITY |
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 TIDE IS OUT |
 TIDE IS OUT |
 TIDE IS OUT |
 TIDE IS OUT |
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 IS THIS A PREYING MANTIS OR A PRAYING MANTIS - IT IS NEAR A SHRINE |
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 STREET FOOD VENDORS |
 STREET FOOD VENDORS |
 STREET FOOD VENDORS |
 MIYAJIMA ISLAND IS KNOWN FOR ITS OYSTERS |
 MIYAJIMA ISLAND IS KNOWN FOR ITS OYSTERS |
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 FIVE-STORY PAGODA |
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 MIYAJIMA ISLAND IS KNOWN FOR ITS OYSTERS |
 TREE SPARROW |
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