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A-Bomb dome from the river cruise

Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, one of the World Heritage. Viewed from the river cruising boat.

from YouTube on Fri, May 02 2008

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29 Aug 08 visit The A-Bomb Dome  »  YouTube videoThis is the A-Bomb Dome. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Standing there, seeing it, you suddenly understand the evil of nuclear proliferation and of war. Hiroshima was chosen as a target because it was mainly flat land and therefore flights after...
26 Dec 08 visit 広島電鉄・原爆ドーム前駅にて (At Genbaku Dome-mae (Atomic Bomb Dome) Station on the Hiroshima Electric Railway Main Line)  »  YouTube video広島電鉄の原爆 ドーム前を往来する 面電車を撮影しました。 This movie was shot at Genbaku Dome-mae (Atomic Bomb Dome) station on the Hiroshima Electric Railway Main Line. This is the nearest station of Atomic Bomb Dome.
01 Apr 08 visit hiroshima atomic bomb dome  »  YouTube videothis is a video shoat at the atomoic bomb dome at hiroshima...............
13 Nov 07 visit World Heritage site visits and opinions in Japan  »  What Japan Thinks In Japan I’ve been to a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites - the Hiroshima Genbaku Dome (the dome itself is a bit of a disappointment), old Kyoto and Nara, Himeji Castle and I think Koyasan, which falls into the Kii mountains heritage zone. To...
24 Oct 07 visit 270,000 A-bomb casualties forecast  »  Japan Times HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) About 270,000 people in Hiroshima would either be killed or injured if an atomic bomb similar to the one that destroyed the city on Aug. 6, 1945, was dropped on it again, according... Read more . . .
27 May 08 visit Hiroshima survivor invites G8 on tour  »  Japan Times
HIROSHIMA — Emiko Okada, an atomic-bomb survivor from Hiroshima, sent letters to the governments of the Group of Eight major economies, inviting their leaders to visit the bomb site when they come to Japan to attend the G8 summit in Hokkaido in July. ...

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