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Originally Posted by SSJup81
These look really nice too, the Nagasaki pics especially, but, for some reason, I know I'd have a terrible time visiting Nagasaki or Hiroshima. I just get an overwhelming feeling of grief, fear, and depression just thinking about those places. I know that probably sounds strange coming from someone who has no real connection to these places (or Japan in general). To be honest, I stil don't understand why I have such feelings. My mother used to joke whenever I'd go on about Japan as a child, that maybe I was Japanese in a past life or something, which would be ironic.
Anyway, off of that subject, I can't wait for more. Did you do any visiting in Northern Japan? Like say...Hokkaido?
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Nagasaki is completely rebuilt, including many historical buildings that were rebuild exactly as they originally appeared, and same with Hiroshima except the 1 "A-bomb dome" which they left as a reminder. But I know what you mean... I was on my trip at Christmas time trying to take my mind off spending my 1st Christmas alone in my life, I was looking for fun things, not depressing ones. So while I visited the Peace Park in each city, I did not go to the A-bomb museums. As a history major in university with a specialty in WW2, I did my Honor's Thesis on the bombings, so I was not a stranger to what pictures and images I'd see there. I just wasn't in the mood to see them 2 days before Christmas on a trip to cheer myself up.
I never made it to Hokkaido or anywhere north of Nikko (2 hours north of Tokyo). I'm not a fan of snow and extreme cold, having grown up in California.
Thematically, the closest I have is when I went hiking in the Japan Alps, which are actually in central Honshu. I'll post some of those pictures next.