Hiroshima is known for one thing above most others - being the first place to ever have a nuclear bomb dropped on it.
Today we visited the memorial and park built near the site of the attack. Instead of being hate-filled, or fear-mongering, the whole place is about peace for all of mankind.
It was a very sobering and eye-opening experience, and while we didn't take any photos from inside the museum itself, I think it was a good place to go. I wouldn't say I enjoyed it, as it was very confronting, but the whole message of peace was quite lovely.
There were also millions of paper cranes made by people from all over the world for the Children's Monument, built in part for the memory of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who passed away from leukemia when she was 12, almost 10 years after the bomb was dropped. It was probably her story that was the saddest to read about in the museum. It was really lovely to see all the beauty that came from her spirit.
After the memorial and park, we weren't in much of a mood to do anything else, so we just wandered around Hiroshima.
We had a delicious sundae, and stumbled upon a kids dance competition. They were all incredibly in sync, given some of them looked like they may not even have started school yet!
We also found some TimTams that I haven't even seen in Australia!!
Tomorrow, a day trip! xx
