Hello everybody and welcome to another travel post of mine. For anyone who's new here, welcome! My (cyber)name is nomnomnoodle, a full-time foodie and a part-time traveler from Thailand. For now, just these 2, but I figured when I´m confident enough to write a post about something other than these 2, I´ll then embrace more sides of me.
Last couple of days, I went to the cinema and watched Oppenheimer, aka the father of the atomic bomb, the destruction that put an end to World War II. And of course, Nolan always reaches our expectations. The biographical movie is neatly and cinematically done and needless to say, I was impressed and reminded of the unfortunate history of WWII. As a consequence, I want to write a post about the time I went to Hiroshima with my family back in 2018 and show you guys the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum that I visited.
Me writing this post with such empathetic feelings for all losses and pray that our world never has to face anything horrible like that again. So, it´s our duty to learn from our past and this museum is one of the places that struck me hard. It might be some disturbing objects from the museum that makes you feel uneasy, but nothing bloody or scary, I promise.
Here we go, in 2018 we took a train for a day trip in Hiroshima.
Coming out of the station, the first thing we saw are the origami paper birds, the symbol of peace.
We walked to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. We can see the ruined building "A-bomb dome". The bomb was detonated almost right above this dome.
"The ruin shall be preserved forever"
The actual roof tile that they picked up from the water.
Then there´s a memorial for the loss.
You can see a lot of art, painting.
Peace
It´s time to go inside the museum. "No more Hiroshimas."
The size of the bomb compared to a human.
The damage of the bomb on a single glass bottle, compared to a normal glass bottle.
The glass
The fused lump of small glass bottles. Shows how hot it was.
This is a school uniform that was donated by 2 families of the boys who were deceased, The cap and belt were donated by the Kurakichi family, and the school uniform by the mother of Fukuoka Hajime.
The dress. She managed to crawl out from the ruin but unfortunately died afterward.
I also heard in some survival video saying that wearing white clothes did help deflected some radiation too.
The rusted tricycle was buried for 40 years before it was brought to the museum.
The melted lamp.
"Help me"
"Water please"
"That was hell."
We left the museum very heartbroken and even now that I wrote about it, still very hard for me to not be emotional for the victims. Still, being able to learn and see how many people desire no more war. I'm hopeful and determined to be one of the forces to pass and move forward to the next generation as a lesson for humankind to never repeat this tragedy ever again.
Thank you so much for sharing this experience with me and I´ll see you in the next post.
Khob khun kaa,
Nomnomnoodle
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A beautiful and meaningful museum in Japan. Your sharing is so exciting. Thank you for your sharing.😍
Thank you so much for reading and share this emotional experiences.
Haven't seen the movie yet so I can't say too much about that but I'm pretty sure most of the people on this planet heard of the disaster in Hiroshima and it's painful for everyone whenever we remember those times. I'm really sorry to see all those remains from the museum and it definitely changes someone's mood while walking by. Thank you for sharing with us <3
Thank you for reading :) I highly recommend the movie, though it´s complicated for me to understand all the political situation and such, but at the end I think it´s understandable how hard it must be to be named the father of such destructive invention.
Hello nomnomnoodle! It's great to see your travel post. Being a foodie and traveler from Thailand sounds like an amazing combination. I'm curious, have you discovered any unique culinary experiences during your travels that have left a lasting impression on you? Can't wait to read more about your adventures! Keep exploring and embracing all the sides of you. Happy travels!
Wow thank you :D that´d be the topic of my next post for sure.
What a life!! It sounds super fun!! :D I love your trip, for me (I’m in Argentina right now), that’s a very exotic destiny and it looks an amazing place to visit! I studied the Hiroshima episode at the University, since I’m a Geographer right now, and I can’t even imagine how hard and shocking could be visiting the place. Thanks a lot for sharing such an experience!
Being a geographer is so cool! and I´m lowkey envy that your university covered Hiroshima, I´d love to learn more about it.
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I love being able to see these images through people who can document it. When I was a high school student, I had a presentation about Julius Oppenheimer and I found his story and the making of the bomb very interesting, as well as his later regret for having created it.
I know it was so sad, that's why in the movie he quote from Bhagavad Gita because he must felt exactly the same when Arjuna felt sad how he has to kill the family in the story of Mahabharata.
also terribly sorry for the late reply. Thank you for your comments :)
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The images from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum are incredibly remarkable. Seeing the "A-bomb dome" in its ruined state is a stark reminder of the devastating impact of the atomic bomb. It must have been a deeply emotional experience for you to visit the museum and reflect on the lives lost. Thank you for sharing this heart-wrenching reminder of the importance of peace.
Sorry for the late reply, I haven´t been online for the long holidays here, but thank you so much for sharing this with me and although I´m back already I still remember how I felt then.
The movie is very good
Thank you for this timely reminder of the terrible consequences of nuclear weapons. It should be compulsory for every head of state which has nuclear weapons to visit this memorial.
Did the memorials mention the 'black rain' ie the radioactive rain which fell on the survivors hours after the bomb had exploded? As I understand it this radioactive rain killed thousands who drank it not knowing how toxic it was.
I actually dont remember exactly where it mentioned in the memorial, but I´m pretty sure they have a section about what happened after too. Thank you for the informative comment. I´ll read more into it.
That is an emotional for the victim that you walked to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum! They have of historical documents there. I hope you get to visit soon and learn all about the significance of the place.