After Fukuoka, our final stop in this trip was Hiroshima.
At Kure, we visited the Tetsu-no-kujira (, literally 'metallic whale') Museum, which is a JMSDF museum that showcases not just submarines but also minehunting. The submarine outside the museum is an actual submarine that was put there after it was decommissioned.
Right beside it was the Yamato Museum, dedicated to the battleship Yamato, which was built in Kure. The ship itself was the biggest battleship in the world, but unfortunately came in too late, at a time in which battleships were becoming obsolete and being replaced by aircraft carriers.
In Hiroshima City proper, we visited sites related to the atomic bombing. Ground zero is now marked by a plaque.
The A-bomb Dome during the day.
The Peace Bell, with calligraphy written by Yoshida Shigeru, one of Japan's postwar prime ministers most remembered for being the one that set Japan's postwar policy of "lightly armed nation focused on economic development".
At Kure, we visited the Tetsu-no-kujira (, literally 'metallic whale') Museum, which is a JMSDF museum that showcases not just submarines but also minehunting. The submarine outside the museum is an actual submarine that was put there after it was decommissioned.
Right beside it was the Yamato Museum, dedicated to the battleship Yamato, which was built in Kure. The ship itself was the biggest battleship in the world, but unfortunately came in too late, at a time in which battleships were becoming obsolete and being replaced by aircraft carriers.
In Hiroshima City proper, we visited sites related to the atomic bombing. Ground zero is now marked by a plaque.
The A-bomb Dome during the day.
The Peace Bell, with calligraphy written by Yoshida Shigeru, one of Japan's postwar prime ministers most remembered for being the one that set Japan's postwar policy of "lightly armed nation focused on economic development".
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