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On Day 14 I took a one-day side trip from Osaka to Hiroshima via the Shinkansen<\/a>. Hiroshima is a modern city on Japan\u2019s Honshu Island largely destroyed by an atomic bomb on August 6, 1945. Today, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park commemorates the 1945 event. In the park are the ruins of Genbaku Dome, one of the few buildings that was left standing near ground zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum<\/a> is the reason to have Hiroshima on your tour schedule. It is generally well-regarded as a powerful and moving experience.\u00a0The museum is highly recommended for its comprehensive coverage of the atomic bombings in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, its focus on the human impact, and its role in promoting peace and remembrance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum tackles the why behind the atomic bombing, the devastation it caused, and the efforts toward peace and nuclear disarmament.\u00a0It achieves this through exhibits that include artifacts, survivor testimonies, and displays on the history of Hiroshima, the impact of the bombing, and the dangers of nuclear weapons.\u00a0The museum also conveys the message of \u201cNo More Hiroshimas\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reminded me of the Holocaust Museum<\/a> (Yad Vashem) \u2014 a deeply emotional experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an\u00a0estimated<\/a>\u00a0140,000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74,000 in Nagasaki. In the years that followed, many of the survivors would face leukemia, cancer, or other terrible side effects from the radiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Genbaku Dome was the only structure left standing where the first atomic bomb exploded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Museum Reviews:<\/p>\n\n\n\n