It has been an intense day! The humidity still is very high and it’s really hot. Today we had an early start at 7:00 am. Went for a two hour busdrive to reach the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The museum moved me a lot. It´s just near the centerpoint were the atomic bom blast at 8.15 aug 6th in 1945. There was an objective description of the Japaneese history also before world war II.
In an instant, the city was almost entirely destroyed and 140 000 people lost there lives due to the bomb
How can mankind develop atomic bombs? And why is there still many countries who are in possesion of atomic weapon?
Mrs Keiko Ogura made a deep impression being an eyewitness and exposed to the atomic bomb when she was 8 years old. We met her in the afternoon and student asked many questions.
Then of course I met my studentgroup of 10 students from Japan, USA, Indonesia, Spain and Vietnamn. Togehter we went to have lunch in a typical restaurant in Hiroshima and had a great dish called OKONOMYAKI. We discussed what everyone excperienced at the museeum and started to make plans for how the group should prepare themself for the final UN Roleplay.
Tomorrow we will have an even earlier start. Bus leave at 5.50 and we will attend the Peace Memorial Ceremony