Sunday, January 1, 2012

JOURNEY TO JAPAN - HIROSHIMA Peace Memorial Park

on the night of December 7th, second day in Japan, we had traveled to Hiroshima.
we use shinkansen from kyoto to hiroshima.
The Shinkansen also known as the "Bullet Train", is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies. the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240–300 km/h (149–186 mph), 283.5 km (176.2 mi) of Mini-shinkansen lines with a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), and 10.3 km (6.4 mi) .
it took around 1/more hours. shinkansen only stop for one minute, so we must go fast. oiya, i got wrong gate when entered shinkansen. i should turn right, but i turned left. i looked for my seat, and someone came and said that she has the number. i did'n realize until i look around, there's no friend group here. kyak, my bad, so i go away go straight along away, until got my gate. and sit down. how embarrassed. haha
she is ratana, my friend from cambodia
 we made origami, and a little message, it will be surprise in the end story. 




we had okonomiyaki as dinner. okonomiyaki is famous food in Hiroshima. yummy. i almost spend it all, (almost)
first i enter the room, unrealize, my hand touched the hot part. waw it's really hot.




she is khaira my friend from brunei darusalam



behind me, they called christmas illumination. many beautiful chirstmas tree there, to celebrate christmas





Next day, in the Morning, we had tour. not as usual, i though we would use bus again. but No, we just walked, The Location near of Hotel. an it was drizzle, we should bring umbrella and rain coat, and i didn't bring anything. haha but it's no problem. coat from jenesys is very useful.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a large park in the Center of Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack. there are a variety of monuments and buildings in the park, each dedicated to a different aspect of the bombing


Genbaku - domu (A bom Dome)
AM 8.15 6 August 1945 (during world war), a nuclear bomb called "little boy" was dropped almost directly above the building. the bomb was the closest structure to withstand to explosion. the building has been preserved in the same condition as it was immediately after the event, and serves as a reminder of nuclear tragedy, and as a symbol of the hope for world peace and the elimination of a nuclear weapons.

this is the first time i could see steam from my breath. i just see it on the movie, even i never imaging i will feel that. wow it's really cool. i tried to get shoot but it failed.
 

















Cenotaph for A bomb Victims (Memorial Monument for Hiroshima)
Near the center of the park is concrete, saddle-shaped monument that covers a Cenotaph holding the name of all of people killed by the bomb. the cenotaph carries the epitaph : Never again
when people stand before this cenotaph , regardless of their nationality, the commit themselves as human beings, never to repeat a nuclear bombing.






 In Museum, this is illustration bomb of Hiroshima. yah, we learn it in history lesson in elementary school.
under me is replica the building and i've been in the real place too. learn from history is important thing. we can fix every mistakes and change to make peaceful. everything will be better with peace












behind me is the building. when i was in elementary school, i learn about history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, My teacher was Mr. Ngadio. Always told us about it. Hiroshima, the place was bombed by America in 1945 before Independence of Indonesia. and, i never imaging that someday i will in that place