When I was at the Matsuoka Museum of Art, I saw a sandstone sculpture of Surya, Sun God from the 10th-11th century from Central India. Please click here for a larger view of the sculpture. I am not a erudite when it comes to sculptures Read More …
After completing your visit to the exhibit, you can then visit the gift shop. The majority of the books are in Japanese but fortunately, you can find books in English. I do recommend the manga “Hiroshima’s Revival: Remembering how people overcame destruction and despair”, which Read More …
With this latest post, I’m going to end “The Heartbreaking Photos” segment with this blog post as there is a lot of sad situations and there is only so much I can cover, because it’s very sad. The latest features Mikiyo, a girl who kept Read More …
At the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, you will see the belongings of three junior high students, first and second-year students of a Municipal Junior High School who were exposed to the bomb when they were engaged in building demolition. Most of them were killed. These Read More …
DISCLAIMER: This post has a photo of the deceased in her coffin. If this content would be difficult to view, please skip this blog post. If there is one hibakusha (bombing survivor) from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima that inspires hope, that would be Sasaki Read More …
This is the exhibit I have been wanting to see. And so far, the experience at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum has been informative, insightful and heartbreaking. While the stories of the survivors was heartbreaking, this part of the exhibit is not about the survivors but Read More …
As the next step after visiting the top floors of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, it’s time to go downstairs for the exhibit that I have been wanting to see, the main building’s exhibition “The Reality of the Atomic Bombing”. But before you get to Read More …
As one learns about the history of nuclear weapons, the room also goes into detail of what the destruction after the atomic bomb dropping in Hiroshima and Nagasaki but also how nuclear weapons are still being tested in numerous countries, while other countries believe in Read More …
After seeing the destruction laid upon Hiroshima due to nuclear weapons and hearing the sad and terrifying tales from survivors, the next room is “The Dangers of Nuclear Weapons”. This is more or less the history of nuclear weapons. In June 1942, the United States Read More …
When you proceed to the rooms from “Before the Bombing of Hiroshima” and what transpired after, you see the devastation left behind after the atom bomb was dropped. While I was there looking at all this, there were surviving American World War II veterans there. Read More …
The first thing you do once you get inside is purchase your tickets. For the most part, just know that if you get there before 5:00 p.m. and after 8:30 a.m., you should be good. The price for admission is Y200 for adults, high school Read More …
For years, I have been wanting to visit Hiroshima, specifically the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. I’m not sure why exactly it took a long time but I think a big part of it was a) the ride from Tokyo to Hiroshima is quite far b) Read More …
When I heard there was a little museum inside the Bodhisattva Kannon at Ofuna Kannon in Kamakura, I expected it to be small. Afterall, when visiting the Great Buddha, Kotoku-in in Kamakura, going inside of it, it was more or less feeling the interior of Read More …
To conclude my coverage of the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, I just have to say that the museum has been on my bucket list for years and I’m finally glad to have finally went and experienced it. Sure, I had a few Japanese friends who Read More …
Once you arrive to the third floor of the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum, you enter an area which is literally an outdoor terrace of many cool Doraemon related experiences. May it be the pink door, Doraemon and Nobita riding a dinosaur and other Fujio characters. Read More …