Tag Archives: Hiroshima

Gembaku no ko

Posted on August 6, 2016 by jyourist

Today is the 71st anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. We visited there four years ago with our son who was teaching in Satsuma Sendai at the time. The many memorials and monuments to peace and nuclear non-proliferation … Continue reading →

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Gembaku no ko

Posted on August 6, 2014 by jyourist

Today is the 69th anniversary of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. We visited there two years ago with our son who was teaching in Satsuma Sendai at the time. The many memorials and monuments to peace and nuclear … Continue reading →

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The Tree Project

Posted on August 20, 2013 by jyourist

When I posted about our trip to Japan in search of one of the Hibaku trees (a ginkgo at Hosen-ji, which survived the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima), I was doing some googling and came across the Tree Project … Continue reading →

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Hibaku Jumoku

Posted on August 6, 2013 by jyourist

It was frustrating. We had the address or at least we thought we did., but the site was elusive, its location confusing. First we were told it was on one side of the city, then we were told it was … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted on August 8, 2012 by jyourist

Two atom bombs were dropped on Japan 67 years ago, one on Hiroshima on August 6 and another on Nagasaki on August 9. They were dropped to end the war in the Pacific, which, in fact, did end with the … Continue reading →

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