SHINKANSEN RAIL AGAIN, OFF ON A ANOTHER 2 HOURS JOURNEY WEST TO HIROSHIMA, WE SAID GOOD-BYE TO K'S HOSTEL IN KYOTO.
UPON ARRIVING IN HIROSHIMA WE HAD TO TAKE A TRAM TO OUT NEW HOSTEL CALLED J-HOPPERS IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY TO FIND. ONCE WE HAD CHECKED IN WE DECIDED TO GO TO PEACE MEMORIAL PARK AND SEE THE MEMORY DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 1945 A-BOMB DROPPING, THE PARK WAS ACTUALLY REALLY SMALL THEN WHAT I IMAGINED THERE WAS ALOT OF STATUES AROUND DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAD PASSED. THERE WAS A MUESUM THAT WAS MADE AND HAD ARTIFACTS FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB THE MOST FAMOUS ARTIFACT WAS THE WATCHES THAT HAD ALL STOPPED AT 8:15AM ON AUGUST 6TH OF 1945. I LEARNED THAT AFTER THE BOMB WAS DROP A LARGE MUSHROOM CLOUD OF DEBRIE HAD ROSE AND IN THE AIR CREATED BLACK RAIN THAT POURED DOWN FOR 20-30MIN. THE BOMB THAT WAS DROPPED ON THIS SAME AREA THAT I AM WALKING ON RIGHT NOW KILLED OVER 200,000 PEOPLE INSTANLY AND WAS THE FIRST NUCLEAUR WEAPON USED. THERE WAS A ALOT OF THE EFFECTS AFTER THE BOMB FROM ALL THE RADITION PEOPLE STARTED TO HAVE DEFORMATITYS AND GET CANCER. SOME PEOPLE THAT WHERE JUST OUTSIDE THE AREA THAT WAS BOMBED BUT WHERE INJURIED STILL HAD GLASS COMING OUT OF THERE CHEEKS 20YEARS LATER. I NEVER KNEW ANY OF THIS HISTORY BEFORE BUT IT IS SAD TO THINK THAT I WAS WALKING IN THE AREA THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE DIED INSTANTLY OVER WAR OF TWO COUNTRYS. EVER SINCE THE FIRST BOMB DROPPING COUNTRYS IN OUR WORLD ARE STILL MAKING ATOMIC BOMBS AND TESTING THEM IN OUR WORLD. THERE IS A CAMPAIN IN HIROSHIMA THAT IS TRYING TO GET THE WORLD TO STOP NUCLEAUR TESTING BY THE YEAR 2020 HOPEFULLY THAT COMES TO BE.
AFTER THE MUSEUM AND MY HISTORY LESSON WE CAME BACK TO THE HOSTEL TO GET A UMBRELLA AS WE WHERE GOING TO WALK DOWN PEACE MEMORIAL STREET TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS THEY HAVE OUT FOR CHRISTMAS. AS WE WHERE WALKING THE STREETS WHERE FILLED WITH LIGHTS IN SHAPES OF FRUITS,CASTLES,PIRATE BOATS, TRAINS , SNOW FLAKES, AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS NEVER ENDING IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO WRAP UP A EVENING.
