Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

We were provided with a tour guide for the park and I was glad for it. He was able to help us understand and respect the magnitude of what had taken place in Hiroshima.

It's incredible to not only learn about Hiroshima but also see how far they've come since then. The land still showed signs of the aftermath. For example, the blast from the A-Bomb was so powerful that a samurai tomb was dismantled and became embedded in the ground. Its remarkable that despite the A-Bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and all the disastrous effects it brought, they were still able to rebuild a city.

At the Park, I saw numerous times that Hiroshima was spelt using katakana. This is because, the use of ヒロシマ means 'Atomic Bomb City' . Whereas, the Kanji means 'Wide Island'.Read more