Personal Narrative Essay: The Destructive Nuclear Weapon In Japan

It feels as though I have been in Japan for so much longer than a week and a half! Trying to remember back to when we were in Hiroshima seems like forever ago. We stayed in central Hiroshima for 2 nights, and we managed to fit in most of the tourist activities. On our first night we headed to a famous shopping road called... there you can find bars, restaurants, shops, arcades and even Kareoke booths. The arcades are incredible and one of the most bizarre places that I've ever been to. There were 5 floors, each floor housing a diferent style of game, from claw to music and even a floor filled with just photobooths with green screens. I'm pretty sure I must have spent about 1000 yen by the end of the night because the games are so addictive and the atmosphere is so lovely that you don't want to leave. …show more content…
It was a scorchingly hot day so I feel like we didn't get to appreciate the park fully, but the museum was air conditioned so we could concentrate for longer than 10 seconds. The museum is somewhere I think everyone should visit, it can be very upsetting but I think everyone should see first hand how destructive nuclear weapons can be. We speant about an hour in the museum and read about people who were killed by the atomic bomb and also we heard recordings made by survivours. Many people were affected by the radiation after the bomb and still suffer today. The A-bomb dome is an interesting structure as well, it stands out dramatically in a city that mainly consists of newer buildings. It is especially beautiful at night from the bridge. We were lucky as the flat that we were staying in was just the other side of the bridge so we were able to see it both