A legacy of peace
We entered the nuclear age in a spectacular fashion; by bombing ourselves back to pre-Stone Age. But the city that the bomb killed witnessed a rebirth of peace. The unforgettable lesson learned from that fateful August day 66 years ago was put to use when the Fukushima crisis unfolded, about six months ago. Non-violence and peace triumphed to rebuild a community, a city and a nation. The legacy of Hiroshima, today, is a legacy of peace.
Lest we forget
Through the heart of Hiroshima city flows the Motoyasugawa, one of the six rivers that belong to it. On the right bank of the river is the last remaining physical link to August 6, 1945: the A-Bomb Dome. The wreck of this one building has been untouched and preserved as it lay 65 years ago. The half-torn building stands austere. At the helm is the iron railing, twisted by radioactive heat and light into a crown of thorns. During the post-war reconstruction, the citizens of the city had decided that this building should remain so; lest we forget.
The city in ruins found an unlikely inspiration: flowers. After the bomb, there spread a wild and disheartening rumour that nothing would grow in the poisonous radioactive environment for 75 years. But soon red oleander flowers bloomed and bamboo shoots sprouted. These little signs of life gave the city hope to rebuild itself.
Paper cranes, an enduring symbol of Hiroshima, tell the courageous story of Sadako Sasaki. When the bomb struck, two-year-old Sadako was exposed to radiation but unharmed. She grew up lively and strong and excelled in athletics before falling ill with a swelling in her neck. The diagnosis: leukemia. Sadako's faith was unshaken for she believed in an ancient Japanese fable of folding a thousand paper cranes to fulfil any wish. On her hospital bed, she spent even her last waking hours folding paper cranes.
Infused with Sadako's spirit, her friends initiated a movement to build a peace memorial for children whose lives had been blighted. A white path bordered with grass leads from the bridge near the A-Bomb Dome to her memorial decorated with a statue of a young girl holding a big golden crane. Children stop to bow there in prayer.
At the cenotaph for the A-Bomb victims, an eternal flame burns. Looking through the arch shielding the tomb stone, the horizon is taken up by the A-Bomb Dome. More than 50000 attend the annual Peace Memorial Day Ceremony on August 6 centred round the cenotaph. The Japanese characters carved over the stone coffin in the cenotaph declare: Let all the souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil.
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Each one is illuminated from inside by light bulbs and pulled by a team that is encouraged by the Aomori townspeople yelling "Lasela Lasela!". Each float depicts a hero in samurai costume squatting energetically as he fights a dragon, sea monster,
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Everyone who goes to Tokyo must not miss Shinjuku. As well as Shibuya, Shinjuku is very identic with Tokyo, famous for its skycrapers and high building. Shinjuku is a paradise for shoppers. It has more department stores than anywhere else in Japan. The most famous are Takashimaya-Times Square, Isetan, Mitsukoshi, Marui, My City and Odakyū.
The Shinjuku station is one of the most important junctions in the whole transport system: it is estimated more than 2 millions people travel by the three underground lines, the two private urban railways and the JR railways each day.
Big electronics shops are only more numerous in Akihabara. But Shinjuku boasts the biggest of them, such as Yodobashi Camera and Bic Camera.
Music lovers will find their happiness at Tower Records. Note that the Shinjuku branch of HMV closed in January 2010.
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Kabukichō (歌舞伎町?) is an entertainment and red-light district in north east Shinjuku beyond Yasukuni-dōri Avenue. For those who want to seek a night life pleasure or just to have a drinking establishments, then Kabukicho is a must.
Kabukichō is the location of many hostess bars, host bars, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the “Sleepless Town” (眠らない街). The district’s name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater: although the theater was never built, the name stuck.
It is Shinjuku’s entertainment district par excellence and one of the hottest places in Tokyo, with hostess bars, adult video shops, soap lands (massage parlours), strip bars and love hotels.
Kabukicho is very famous for its hostess bars, make it Tokyo most famous bars besides at Ginza, Roppongi, and Akasaka.
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