Hiroshima and Nagasaki - then and now

By Terry Ngo on Tuesday, January 13th, 2009, filed under Technology, Travel. Follow responses to the entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the Atom Bomb destruction in August 1945

Destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945

Destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945

Destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009. More than 6 decades after the war, the highly developed cities of Japan are nowhere similar to what they were after the war in 1945.

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2009 - highly developed

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7 Responses to “Hiroshima and Nagasaki - then and now”

  1. DorothyJanuary 15th, 2009 - 1:08 am

    really, Japan is super …

  2. Neha NairMarch 1st, 2009 - 4:20 am

    A tremendous change over hats off all the people of japan

  3. WorldguideJune 2nd, 2009 - 6:35 am

    Hiroshima has been the first-rate city of the Chugoku Region for hundreds of years. After its depiction consequence the 16th century, Hiroshima Castle was the most formidable railing for miles. Today, Hiroshima is a spirited city and home to since a million inhabitants.

    When the first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the city became close worldwide for this unenviable aberration. The corrupt power of the bomb was tremendous and obliterated nearly stuff within a 2 km area. lone of the few buildings that remained standing afterwards has been preserved; intimate today as the A-Bomb Dome, it is a monument to the bomb’s dreadful power.

    read more…
    http://quicktravelguide.org/destination/Japan/Hiroshima

  4. MarshaRoseJuly 19th, 2009 - 4:27 pm

    Aloha Mr. Ngo,
    Please identify the City in these pictures.
    The title Hiroshima Nagasaki does not tell us
    (a) the city over which the bomb in the picture was dropped
    (b) which city in is today’s picture

    Mahalo
    Marsha

  5. jeanOctober 12th, 2009 - 9:27 am

    this is not hiroshima, this is Yokohama next to Tokyo!

  6. ronaFebruary 18th, 2010 - 12:59 pm

    looks way better and glad war is over between the two.

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