Hiroshima
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I spent July 16, 2026, in Hiroshima with my nephew. We took the train in from Osaka and went straight to the Atomic Bomb Dome, then up the Orizuru Tower beside it to look down on it from high above. From there, we found the marker at the hypocenter, where the bomb exploded 600 meters overhead at 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945. On the way to the Peace Memorial Museum, I saw the Dome again from across the river, with the rebuilt city behind it. We spent the middle of the day in the museum and finished with a snack at its café.
I had been to Hiroshima once before, on a day trip from Osaka on September 13, 2024, on my own and in an excessive-heat warning. That time I also went to the Atomic Bomb Dome first, by streetcar from the station, and photographed the plaque beside it. I walked through the park to the Memorial Tower to the Mobilized Students, with its strings of paper cranes, and to the Red Bird monument by the river. In the middle of the day I had cold tsukemen noodles and a beer to get out of the heat, and I took a box of Hiroshima onigiri on the train back to Osaka.
Photos from Hiroshima
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Objects recovered from the ruins, at the Peace Memorial Museum.
The hypocenter, 600 meters below where the bomb exploded.
The Dome from above, with the rebuilt city all around it.