Hiroshima

art made by paper cranes

Hello everyone.

Today, I’m going to write about our trip to Hiroshima. We went to Hiroshima because my Mom wanted us to learn about the history and when we were in Portugal, we read a book called “Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes”.  It is about a girl from Hiroshima. 

Warning. If you don’t want to cry your eyes out please skip this blog. You have been warned! 

On August 6th, 1945 at 8:15am, the U.S.A dropped the Atomic bomb ( called the little boy) on Hiroshima. 73,000 people died when the bomb hit and 146,000 died overall from the bomb or diseases caused by the radiation. After the bomb exploded, the temperature rose to 4,000 degrees Celsius and most buildings were made from wood and paper so they caught on fire very quickly. The only thing left standing was a building they now call the Atomic Bomb Dome.

before the bomb hit of the now called Atomic bomb dome

after the bomb

We went to the Atomic Bomb Dome. It was like a ruin that has been abandoned for 1000 years. They have left it like it was on the day the bomb hit. 

what it looks like today

What it looks like today

Did you know a doctor forgot some work, so he ran down to the basement to get them. When he got down to the basement, the bomb hit. He survived the blast because he was underground.   A miracle for sure. 

We also saw the Hiroshima Peace Park. It was sad. 

Before coming to Hiroshima, we read the book “Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes”.

It was sad.  It was about a little girl who was 2 when the bomb hit.  She didn’t get sick until around 10 years later and ended up dying of leukemia at the age of 12.  When she was in the hospital, she folded paper cranes because her friend told her that there was a legend that said if she folded 1000 cranes she would get healthy again. She made 644 before she died. Her classmates folded the 356 left she was buried with all of them and the doll her classmates gave her. 

Sadako

Some of the cranes Sadako made

They also made a memorial statue for her. It is called the Children's Peace Monument.  

standing under the Children's Peace Monument

giving my cranes to the memorial

Now, people come and make cranes for Sadako.  We made cranes and brought them to her too.  

We also went and saw the Hiroshima museum.  We learned more about the history of Hiroshima and the disaster it left behind.    :(  I hope there are no more Hiroshimas. It was very sad, so I cried.  

another one of my cranes

another memorial dedicated to all the people who died

Memorial Museum with the flame of peace in front of it

Here are some happy things that happened when we were in Hiroshima.  

We saw some of the Canadian rugby team and got to meet them. It was amazing meeting them.  

Guess what? We also got to see Uncle Mike!  We got to try bubble tea  with him. 

It was fun! I did like the tea but it left a bad taste in my mouth. We saw my dad he stayed with us.

Talk soon. Nate

Good times with Auntie Darcy PART 2

Good times with Auntie Darcy Part 2

In  traditional Japanese pyjamas

My Dad went to go to the Rugby World Cup with his friends and brother. The Rugby Word Cup is were 20 countries battle it out until one gets the rugby cup. 

That night, we went to see Auntie Darcy drive go karts around Osaka.  It was pretty fun to watch. 

We sat in a tuk tuck and drove around with her.  The tuk tuk had neon lights on it and played music.  We drove around for about an hour and a half.  Auntie Darcy got to dress up as Cookie Monster as she drove around in the kart.

We decided to go to a  water fall in Osaka.  It was called Mino Falls. We hiked for about 45 minutes to the falls.  It was beautiful. 

made it

Can you see my Aunt?

a snack you could buy at the waterfalls...I had an ice cream cone

On the way down the hike,  we decided  to go to the Insect museum.  Mom wasn’t happy.  She had to go in she got disgusted but we were fine.They had some pretty cool bugs there.

We also went to the lion head shrined called the Namba Yasaka Shrine.  It was different than the other temples we went to. We took some pictures. 

We walked down to a market .I saw I robot or Ai. It was pretty cool.  I watched it and spoke to it, while my sister and Darcy tried some cookies. 

After the market, we walked to the rugby fan zone in Osaka where  we watched a rugby game. It was Italy vs Namibia. I enjoyed watching the rugby game.  They had the World Cup mascot and lots of other things to look at.  

The day after, we decided to go back to Dotonbori.  When we were walking, we noticed that we were on the big tv! Super cool.  

Then, we went  on the tallest ferris wheel! My mom freaked out a lot! I liked it a lot but I did feel like I might barf because we were so high.

Finally, we went to Wakayama Shirahama. 

Wakayama Shirhama is a beach in Japan. 

Our hotel was very fancy. It was a traditional Japanese room and had a view of the ocean. The room had a small table and you sat on the ground to eat.  At night, they came and moved the table and put our beds down.  The beds were a mat on the ground with blankets. 

We were super close to the beach and there was a big park. It was fun being at the beach in Japan.  I had lots of fun.

Today, is our last day with Auntie Darcy. I am sad. I will miss her.  

  

Bye Bye 

NATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!