Nagasaki

Friends, I had a great day yesterday. I really slept well for the first time in weeks and awoke refreshed. So nice.

I got up kinda late but still managed to get a load of washing done before I left. So I’ll have clean drawers for a couple of days.

The limited express that took me to nagasaki. These older trains are still miles ahead of the amtrak stock in terms of comfort
The second bomb exploded over this spot in August of 1945.
There was, and are, a lot of Catholics in the prefecture. This is the remains of an important church nearby
I think the tour guide said that this sculpture was made from scrap metal after the explosion
A memorial to the Korean slaves that died because of the bomb. The official verbiage is forced laborers. But slaves, yeah
And another for the Chinese slaves. Also a lot of Korean and Chinese prisoners died.
Inside the hall of remembrance. In the stack at the rear are books with names written down of all the people that died directly and indirectly
Artists and calligraphers update the ledgers monthly
Very primitive air raid shelter
In the peace park
Remains of a hilltop prison very close to the hypocenter
At the museum
The guy said that the paper cranes are kept for quite a long time. I imagine they’re eventually burned in a ceremony of some kind
So, so many
After the museum, I did the other thing there is to do there; ride the cable car

All in all a very satisfactory day out

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