I went to Hiroshima for just a day on 1 Dec 2009. As a city filled with history, particularly war history, it was quite surreal to actually visually see the A-Bomb Dome. The building looked so brilliant and beautiful at that time of day where I saw it. The way the light fell on the building was just pure luck on my part. The colours I managed to capture is exactly what I wanted.
Yet it was an eerie and blatantly obvious reminder of the effects of war. Not only damaged buildings, but in Hiroshima's case, a city ruined...
I must say Hiroshima was an interesting city to just walk around - it doesn't quite remind you of Japan. It's quaint, quiet, it's had a new start to reinvent itself. Strangely enough, walking around Hiroshima reminded me of walking around a European city...
Strange indeed.
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