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Asia 2009 (Day 6): Nagasaki
Posted on October 13th, 2009 No commentsI didn’t know much about Nagasaki prior to our arrival, other than what happened there on an August morning in 1945. We saw plenty of memorials related to that event, but the city was also quite nice. Decent English signage, helpful people, and beautiful surroundings. Looking at the city from the deck of the ship, it was hard to visualize what it must have looked like almost 65 years ago.
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- I think these are newly built ships
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- Nagasaki
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- ms Volendam
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- Another view of our ship
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- Now this is a small apartment building!
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- Gate to Chinatown
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- One of many temples
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- Inside of the above temple
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- Nice carvings
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- Meganebashi (”Spectacles bridge”)
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- Feeding the fish
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- These were some big koi
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- Statue along the river
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- Looking up river toward Meganebashi
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- The Volendam awaits
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- Memorial statue in Peace Park
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- Shrine next to the big statue
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- Memorial bell
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- Peace Fountain
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- Ironically, this piece of art was donated by the US
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- I think this is China’s contribution to the park
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- On the hunt in the ruins of a jail destroyed by the bomb
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- Outside of Atomic Bomb Museum
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- Museum sign
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- This clock was forever frozen at 11:02 am
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- I think this was part of a school
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- Cross section of the bomb
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- In the park near the museum
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- The hypocenter of the exposion was 500 meters above this spot
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- On the side of the box it says the number of dead from the bombing, which is approaching 150,000
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- Torii gate was split in half by the explosion and has survived ever since
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- Cool bridge at night
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- Very cool
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