Stoned
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Nagasaki
As I think most of you would know, Nagasaki was hit with an atomic bomb in the year 1945, where there was a massive casualty rate of about 200,000 on impact and about a million people suffered the aftereffects of radiation mutation years later. Today the city is safe and you will not grow any additional limbs if you visit the area. The vegetation surrounding the the point of impact, or the Hypocenter, since the bomb did not actually hit the ground but exploded 500m above the ground, is now growing but you will observe that it doesn't seem as healthy as you would expect. Scientists have not completely found a way to eradicate all of the effects of the raditiation even after 60 years, and hence Nagasaki is a continuing reminder for the need for peace and the destructive capability of nuclear weapons.
The hypocenter is the theoretical point directly below where the bomb exploded, calculated by scientists, since everyone within a 3 kilometre radius was instantly killed and the ground was levelled within a 1 km radius. Today, people place colourful ribbons at the hypocenter and various memorial shrines around the hypocenter to remember those killed.
Atomic Bomb Hypocenter
Many artists, inspired by the sheer grief of the tragedy, have also come together to produce various sculptures that lie scattered around the Peace Park. These serve to constantly remind us about the beauty of peace, and also the horror of the tragedy, as some sculptures depicted.
Peace Sculpture
The Nagasaki Harbour is located next to the Seaside park, where you can take a evening stroll amidst the beautiful setting. Unfortunately, you cannot photograph the sunset at the Seaside park because it is surrounded by trees, which will block your sunset. I do recommend heading down to Nagasaki harbour because it is also very beautiful at sunset, although the photo probably doesn't do it much justice, but I was rushing to catch the light at this point, so well, it's a record at least.
Nagasaki Harbour
From there, you can walk to Shinchi Chinatown, which isn't really all that great, because IMO, nothing about it is distinctively Chinese. The people there are polite and the streets are clean and it seems too Japanese to be authentically Chinese. Nevertheless, it is a tourist attraction, popular with the locals, who probably get a very wrong idea of the actual China from there. The place looks something like this:
Shinchi Chinatown
Shinchi Chinatown Gate
As I think most of you would know, Nagasaki was hit with an atomic bomb in the year 1945, where there was a massive casualty rate of about 200,000 on impact and about a million people suffered the aftereffects of radiation mutation years later. Today the city is safe and you will not grow any additional limbs if you visit the area. The vegetation surrounding the the point of impact, or the Hypocenter, since the bomb did not actually hit the ground but exploded 500m above the ground, is now growing but you will observe that it doesn't seem as healthy as you would expect. Scientists have not completely found a way to eradicate all of the effects of the raditiation even after 60 years, and hence Nagasaki is a continuing reminder for the need for peace and the destructive capability of nuclear weapons.
The hypocenter is the theoretical point directly below where the bomb exploded, calculated by scientists, since everyone within a 3 kilometre radius was instantly killed and the ground was levelled within a 1 km radius. Today, people place colourful ribbons at the hypocenter and various memorial shrines around the hypocenter to remember those killed.
Atomic Bomb Hypocenter
Many artists, inspired by the sheer grief of the tragedy, have also come together to produce various sculptures that lie scattered around the Peace Park. These serve to constantly remind us about the beauty of peace, and also the horror of the tragedy, as some sculptures depicted.
Peace Sculpture
The Nagasaki Harbour is located next to the Seaside park, where you can take a evening stroll amidst the beautiful setting. Unfortunately, you cannot photograph the sunset at the Seaside park because it is surrounded by trees, which will block your sunset. I do recommend heading down to Nagasaki harbour because it is also very beautiful at sunset, although the photo probably doesn't do it much justice, but I was rushing to catch the light at this point, so well, it's a record at least.
Nagasaki Harbour
From there, you can walk to Shinchi Chinatown, which isn't really all that great, because IMO, nothing about it is distinctively Chinese. The people there are polite and the streets are clean and it seems too Japanese to be authentically Chinese. Nevertheless, it is a tourist attraction, popular with the locals, who probably get a very wrong idea of the actual China from there. The place looks something like this:
Shinchi Chinatown
Shinchi Chinatown Gate
