Hiroshima Compare And Contrast

Hiroshima and Miyajima are two very different places, but both are historical, yet beautiful and unique places to visit. Hiroshima was the first city that had an atomic bomb dropped. (Aug. 6th, 1945) The atomic bomb killed 70,000 in an instant, and many more deaths such as cancer and other diseases caused by radiation. About 90% of the city was destroyed. When the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, nothing was left standing in the city but a dome, now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome (Genbaku Dome). Now this dome is a famous historical site, showing the symbol of peace. With the help from many people, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was built to educate others of world peace and to never use nuclear weapons on people ever again. Towards the end of the
After the bombing, what remained was little. Currently, 1 million live in Hiroshima. About 200,000 hibakusha victims living in Hiroshima still fear the memories of that terrible morning. Today, Hiroshima is known as a city of peace. The city includes the Peace Memorial Park. Within the park, there is the Children’s Peace Statue, with Sadako and her paper cranes, the Cenotaph, the Peace Museum, and many more. About an hour away from Hiroshima, is Miyajima. Miyajima’s a very sacred place, yet filled with many famous sites that people visit, including the Daisho-in, the “Omotesando” shopping street, and the Itsukushima shrine. The history behind the Itsukushima shrine starts with Sapeki Kuramoto, who is known as an influential person during the first year of the Suiko period, 593. In Daido period’s first year, 806, a Buddhist priest Kukai (Kobadaishi) was returning to China but visited Miyajima on the way to Kyoto. He seemed to feel spirits in Miyajima, and said that this island must be a holy site. He built a main hall, Hondo on Mt. Misen. Miyajima is very