Hiroshima Directory:
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• Related Institutions & Projects (17)
• Medical & Scientific Documentation (8)
• Visual Record (11)

 Related Institutions and Projects

<Institutions>

• Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• Radiation Effects Research Foundation
• The Japan Peace Museum

Shiba 1-4-9, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan
FAX: (011-81)3-3454-9800.
Executive director: Mr. Tsutomu Iwakura
• A Peace Museum Grass Roots House [Heiwa Shiryo-kan Kusa no Ie]

9-11 Masukata, Kochi
780 Japan
Tel: 0888-75-1275
Fax: 0888-21-0263
Published The Flame of Hiroshima and Article 9 [Hiroshima no Hi]. based on a real story of the flame which was taken from Hiroshima, accompanied by 12-language versions of Article 9 which renounces war in the Japanese Constitution.

<Projects>

• A-Bomb WWW Museum

This site is probably the best effort made by people in Japan to share information about the bombing of Hiroshima on-line. It begins with a brief informative introduction about the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki with their photographs, and leads the visitors to links to various subjects.
• Leo Szilard Home Page

A gold mine of information, this page is a link to multitudes of information. The title of this page is deceiving: although Szilard is featured frequently, other information about every aspect of the atomic bomb is listed. Over 20 documents are listed "Atomic Bomb: Decision" section, the Franck report, numerous petitions, and a telephone transcript between Groves and Oppenheimer. Web links to other Hiroshima and Nagasaki-related sites are also given, including general information about the city itself.
• Nuclear Files - a project of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

The Nuclear Files is a very comprehensive research and reference site on nuclear matters (Hiroshima to sub-critical nuclear tests). The site provides categorized documentation on topics including Manhattan Project, Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Developing the Hydrogen Bomb, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and Missile Defense.
• The High Energy Weapons Archive

Compilation of on-line sources about the physics and effects of nuclear weapons and more. Also, provides worldwide links to nuclear related sites.
• Hiroshima: Was It Necessary?

This frequently updated site is a good source of official narrative-challenging sources. Linked up to recent articles, other organizations, and other A-bomb sites, this simple page is a good starting place for controversial research. The bibliography linked to the page is amazingly extensive, including over 90 books and almost 40 articles. It also includes archival sources. These cites come from both sides of the issue, serving as an excellent reference guide for information from a United States perspective.
• The Hiroshima Project

This site provides a great source of information in many languages covering tours, literature, film, and art. The designers are currently attempting to make the site accessible on the VRML based navigator. This apparently can be downloaded from the Internet and viewed through virtual data landscape.
• CSI HIROSHIMA Live Project

Multimedia live presentation on the 50th Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony with video and voice (5 languages) on August 6, 1995. Brought by Chugoku Shikoku Internet Council in Japan.
• Atomic Bombing Information Home Page

This site provides you information on Atomic Bomb Information Links. On the "links", there are many Hiroshima and Nagasaki related information as well as other general sites.
• Peace Wave 95 in Nagasaki

Nagasaki prefecture presents this site providing related links and information about Nagasaki 50th postwar anniversary events.
• Nagasaki's 50th Anniversary of Atomic Bomb Homepage

This is Nagasaki City's home page to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the city.
• check!The Bureau of Atomic Tourism

Grade "A" according to Entertainment Weekly as a "hot spot" to visit. It gives numerous page jump sites to "visit" virtual atomic tourist sites as well as real-life info on how to get there, what to see, what the hours are, how much it all costs, and in some cases, even what you can eat there. Some of the sites: Trinity, White Sands, and the like. [pictures included] It is a bit dark and foreboding, but definately a must-visit kind of site.
• An Open Letter to President Clinton by Nagasaki City, Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
• Orizuru (folded paper cranes)

Orizuru are an enduring symbol at the Hiroshima Peace Park. Containing step-by-step visuals and a movie showing how to fold a paper crane, this site is an interesting starting place for elementary or middle school aged children to be exposed to some aspect of the atomic event and its commemoration. There is an address provided so that interested parties may send a crane and message of peace to the Peace Park to be included in a monument there.
• No More Hiroshimas

A campaign to protest and commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

 Medical & Scientific Documentation

• Documentation and Diagrams of the Atomic Bomb

Courtesy of Outlaw Labs, this site provides the history of the atomic bomb, nuclear fission, while also offering extensive technical data about the working of the bomb, even how to make one (although the authors advise against it). There are several sites that hold this same document in a better format, but this site is sufficiently understandable until a layperson tries to read the technical data. This site is a good source of history, and also very informational about the technical aspects of nuclear science. (Graphs and Diagrams included)
• The High Energy Weapons Archive

Compilation of on-line sources about the physics and effects of nuclear weapons and more. Also, provides worldwide links to nuclear related sites.
• Radiation Effects Reserch Foundation
• Sources of Information about the History of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission

This site, created by the Radiation Effects Research Foundation, provides a list of publications containng information about the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC). It includes books and journals that would be seeking specific information about scientific studies done after the bomb.
• Tumor and Tissue Registries
• Damages Caused by Atomic Bombs
• Scientific Data of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Disaster

Data from Scientific Data Center for the Atomic Bomb Disaster, School of Medecine, Nagasaki Univ.
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• WWW Virtual Library - History of Science, Technology and Medicine
• Physics Around the World: History of Science and Science Museums
• Hiroshima Univ. Photon Physics Lab

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Visual Record

• Photo Essay: Hiroshima - A Look Back

A fascinating collection of Time/Life photographs with added information from who and where the photos were taken.
• One World One Line- Hiroshima and Nagasaki Exhibition

This site provides a large selection of photographs of atomic clouds, destroyed buildings, and bomb victimes. Each picture has a short explanation of what you are looking at. Not very informational but great site for photos on-line.
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945)
• Peace Park Tour

This site is a tour of the Peace Park and the 60 memorials inside the park. It gives an overview of what each memorial contains and a picture of the memorial itself. What's fascinating about this site is one's ability to see the whole park and individual memorials located within it.
• Record of A-Bomb Disaster

Insightful pictures of business area of Hiroshima, A-Bomb Dome, atomic cloud, atomic shadow and thermal radiation heat burns. There is one other photo, titled, " as if a rag ." This picture can not be viewed, but does contain a caption that describes a little girl with strips of skin hanging from her arms and hands. Other pictures with disturbing scenes are labeled with a warning. This site is part of A-Bomb WWW Museum which has various other types of information concerning Hiroshima and the Atomic Bomb.
• The Atomic Bomb Peace Parks in Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Images and brief notes about monuments in these parks.
• Hiroshima Picture Gallery (102k)

Fat Man, Loading the Bomb, The Crew of the Enola Gay.
• The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Legacy

This site includes photographs of the Mushroom Clouds over Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Memorial Cenotaph in Hiroshima. At the bottom of the page there is an interesting selection from "Hiroshima Diary" by Michihiko Hachiya. The excerpt is powerful, yet only one small example of hibakusha literature.
• Photographs of Damage due to the Atomic Bomb

A list of photographs containing mushroom cloud, various scenes of Hiroshima and before and after shots of city buildings. Pictures are aerial and ground shots. There are, however no pictures of hibakusha (atomic bomb victims). Each photo is accompanied by a short descriptive caption. This site is by the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. Conditions for using the photographs returned from the U.S is included.
• Haruki Kawakami Photographs

From his photo portfolio, you can view the Peace Memorial Park and the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima.
• Atomic Bomb Dome

This site contains a dome that is at the epicenter of where the first A-Bomb was dropped. It includes a detailed picture, history, and explanation of the Dome. Although this is a single memorial it does have the unique responsibility of being the center of a horrific experience, and the birth of a legacy the world has yet to fully comprehend.

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