Hiroshima: Visiting the Peace Memorial Park & Museum ๐ธ๐๏ธ
[Music] Today we are spending the afternoon in Hiroshima. Come along with us as we pay our respect to the city. So that sign was saying that the bridge we just walked across is in the shape of a T and it was built in 1932 and it actually survived the atomic bomb, but about 10 years after it uh just wore out from age. So it has been rebuilt. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] out of respect for the museum. This portion of the video will not include any talking. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] So this memorial over here is the children’s peace. park and it was erected in honor of I think it’s it was Sumika. She survived the bombing when she was two, but then when she was a little older, she developed leukemia and ended up passing away and her classmates wanted to do something in her honor. And so that’s when this memorial was first fathomemed. And then now I believe school children in Japan will make paper cranes in her honor and then come visit this peace park and their cranes get put on display. [Music] I think you can easily spend a few hours here in the museum and the park. The museum obviously is very heavy. There’s a lot of artifacts in there that are very heavy. Clothing that was worn by people that died and there were even preserved fragments of skin that had been removed from burn victims. Warning if you come here. And that that’s the at least half of the museum is um that portion. After you visit that portion of the museum, there’s an area about the development of the atomic bomb and the history of that and then history and um some information about how the city moved on. [Music] So behind me is a clock tower that was put here in the 1960s and it chimes every morning at a/4 8 which is the time that the bomb was dropped. The bridge from earlier the T the one that’s shaped like a T was the original intended target of the atomic bomb. So right around here was the center of where it was dropped. And then the building that is standing in ruins is now known as the A dome and has just stayed here as a symbol of the history for the people. It was a beloved building when it was built and when it was part of the community here and then it has stayed after the bombing as part of the park. So Brian, what are your thoughts on the museum? I think that the museum is pretty heavy. Um, I think Aubrey said this earlier and I’m curious who curated it because it really reminds me of the National Holocaust Museum in Washington DC and the 9/11 Museum in New York. Both of those were curated by the same person. The fact that it had like a shadow of somebody that was like vaporized is extremely chilling. And then they had skin graphs. Mhm. That was super chilling as well. For the most part, that museum was very silent and crowded, too. Yeah, it’s crowded, but it seems like there’s a bunch of school trips. Yeah. Um, a lot of school kids that are both Japanese and international. I think it’s really important to come to a site like this to see firsthand artifacts of what happened. The the park is really huge. Yeah. Um, and there’s a lot of things to do here. you could spend probably at least half of a day here in the park cuz there’s more than just that one museum. There’s other monuments and other like shops or like standalone things in the park that you can see for free if you didn’t want to pay for the museum. But the the museum is Yeah, you should pay for really important to see. What about you? Just some some things of note. Like I knew that obviously when the bomb dropped there were tens of thousands of people that died immediately, but even more people that died after the fact from radiation sickness and other things as a result of the exposure. And I always knew that that happened, but like seeing people’s specific stories like a woman who survived and lived another like 10 to 20 years and had kids and then developed cancer and died. I mean, it’s just it’s I don’t know what the word is, but seeing those specific stories of the longlasting effects, I think, is really powerful. And understanding that it’s not just about the day that the bomb fell and the people that died, but the lasting the lasting effects. Yeah. Just important to keep in mind. But yeah, thank you for coming along on this journey with us of reflection on here in Hiroshima. I think especially if you’re American, you should come here. And especially if you’re coming to Japan. Yeah, if you’re coming to Japan, you’re American. I highly recommend coming here. It’s a really easy train ride from Tokyo. Keep following along with us on our Japan videos. This is probably the heaviest one that we’ll have, but it’s important to show and it’s important to remember the history that history of the world and how nuclear weapons are still such a huge thing in our society and a huge threat to humanity. So, thank you for coming along with us and we’ll see you in the next one. Bye. [Music]
Join us as we spend a moving and unforgettable day in Hiroshima, exploring the powerful stories preserved in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the National Peace Memorial Museum.
We walk through the parkโs most significant landmarks โ from the A-Bomb Dome to the serene Cenotaph for the Victims, the Peace Flame, and the heartfelt Childrenโs Peace Monument, which honors the lives lost and the message of hope carried by Sadako and her thousand paper cranes.
Inside the Peace Memorial Museum, we reflect on the exhibits and personal stories that bring history to life. This experience left us deeply moved, and we share our honest reactions as we learn about the cityโs tragic past and its inspiring message of peace for future generations.
๐ธ Highlights Include:
The A-Bomb Dome and its history ๐๏ธ
The Cenotaph and Peace Flame ๐ฅ
The emotional Childrenโs Peace Monument and Sadakoโs story ๐๏ธ
Our candid reactions to the exhibits in the National Peace Memorial Museum
The peaceful surroundings of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
This is more than a visit โ itโs a reminder of resilience, remembrance, and hope.
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