Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum

	The Atomic Bomb Dome. This is what's left of the buidling (presumably somewhat restored) right at ground zero.
	Here's the Dome from another angle.
	A closeup.
	It even has some rubble still strewn around.
	And here it is from the bridge heading to the Peace Park.
	And from the other side of the river with some cherry blossoms.
	Here's the peace bell.
	Here's the children's peace monument. I probably don't have the story exactly right, but I believe it was madein memory of Sadako Sasaki, who was exposed to A-bomb radiation when she was 2. When she was 10, she entered the Red Cross Hospital with radiation-related leukemia. There was no hope for her, but for as long as she could she folded paper cranes in an effort to make the thousand paper cranes that can supposedly grant wishes or somesuch. After eight months in the hospital, she died.
	Here're some nicely manacured bushes and cherry trees.
	The museum is in the background, and yu can kinda see the eternal flame on the platform in the pool.
	This picture is a bit straighter.
	And here's the way it's supposed to be seen, with the Dome visible through the arch. I believe that inside that block in the arch is written the name of everyone they can find who died as a result of the atomic bomb, either in the blast, or later on from radiation sickness.
	A closeup
	The Japanese flag flying over some cherry trees.
	Here we are inside the museum. Let's call this picture "before".
	And here would be "after". The red pole on the left marks the area directly under where the bomb exploded.
	Here's a picture taken within a few days of the blast.
	This globe shows the known nuclear weapons and who owns them.
	Here's the other side.
	Sorry for the bluriness. These are wax models of the moments after the blast.
	Another "after" model. The red globe represents the actual location of the blast. You can barely see the Atomic Bomb Dome in the shadow under it.
	Here's a tricycle badly mangled in the blast. Nothing was found of the child riding it except the helmet.
	It's hard to see, but the shadow on the steps is permanently etched there. It's where someone was sitting when the bomb went off.
	And here's the explanation.
	Here're many artifacts misshapen by the bomb.
	And some more. Particularly notice the bottle melted into the rocks.
	Stains from the black rain that followed the blast. Don't drink the water.
	Here's the park from inside the museum.
	And a fountain.
	This clock shows the number of days since either the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima or the last atomic bomb was used in war, and the number of days since the last nuclear weapon test. Note how depressingly small that second number is.
	Here's another monument... not quite sure to what.
	Some statues.
	And even the peace park is not immune from the sakura parties.
	And here's the bomb dome in the evening light.
	And finally, with the setting sun shining through its empty windows.