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On another bullet train today, this time to Hiroshima. Will visit the memorial to the atomic bomb victims later today. So many people died, women, children, the elderly (non combatants This is from a history channel article:
On August 6th in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, droped the world’s first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.
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Watched people being crammed into a train today n Tokyo, rather incredible, never seen anything like it before. Saw Japanese folk so tired they looked like they were sleeping while walking, zombie like, a sad reality of life here. With the limited time I have in Japan am making some good photos I think. Might do another longer trip here in the next few years and continue the work.
Hopefully can exhibit this Japanese KAROSHI series and then donate the artist fees to the families of the dump in Mae Sot or to Pra Ton’ s animal charity.
