Meaningful time with my host family (in Hiroshima)

Hatsukaichi Peace Tour 2010 (Hiroshima)

This monument has the shape of old Japanese house. In this monument there is a list of names of people who died because of the A-bomb. Some people who got the effect of the bomb and died later also have their names in the list here.



In this monument, there is another list of names of those people who died immediately after the bombing.


This monument has the shape of two hands supporting something. It should be "Peace". Here there is a lot of water.
It was a very hot summer day when the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The air was hot and the bomb added more heat to it. So you can imagine how miserable people at the time were. They needed lots of water. So this water is believed to satisfy their thirst.


This monument was built for a girl named Sadako who lived until 12 years old. She really wanted to live, so she tried to make lots of paper crane to make her wish come true. This is one of Japanese people's believes. However, her wish was not granted, and she died at very young age because of the effect of A-bomb.