Early arrival in Kinko Bay, Kagoshima. Mt Sakurajima looms in the backround.
Off on our bus trip to the volcano
Flood/ash control canal
Lava bomb shelter
Thick plastic like lava
Iso Gardens / Shimadzu home Sengan-en
Huge clusters of Sago palms
Quite a lunch spread
300+ yr old home & gardens still in the Shimadzu family
White hanging paper represents lightning bolts
Shimadzu Satsuma glass
Satsuma Shozu brewery produces Shochu
Golf course fairway grass along the street car path
Topiary Podocarpus lining the street
Hydrofoil
Japanese Navy
A Japanese copy of our stealth light destroyer
Port welcome center
Oura Cathedral
Saint Kolbe Museum
Glover Garden
Nagasaki Peace Park
Original canal area at hypocenter
Adjacent preserved debris in soil layer at original ground level
Hypocenter monument
A section of cathedral façade that survived at the hypocenter
Heavy bronze plaque from a bridge
Fused glass and coins from a store
A unique delicate moment in time...the pattern is from
a piece of clothing hanging on a clothes line instantly 'printed' on the adjacent fence.
In contrast to the above...4k deg. flash bubbled ceramic roof tiles instantly...center was
covered by another tile.
Fat Boy plutonium bomb replica
Section of a church façade that survived in remarkable condition.
Photo 2 months prior to bomb
Pocket watch frozen at 2 min past 11
Photo taken 15min after the blast
Clock remains found showing time of explosion
Dutch trading post...they kept foreign traders captive within this compound while visiting
A little balcony treat after an 8hr tour...my sake & glass from Kagoshima
Port customs center
Former Hong Kong Shanghai Bank
Our send off...
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