These last two are photographs from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Photographing the Buddhist monk made me a nervous wreck, as I remember it. I felt I was in a place very different from my own, and in a sense, I was witnessing a man on a spiritual journey; though at the time, I was not consciously aware of it. My experience and knowledge of the Buddhist culture was very limited. My anxiety was enhanced as I took in the exhibits. It was a sobering experience. The building you see behind the monk is referred to as The A-Bomb Dome. It is so named because it withstood the blast and is still standing today. That fact alone does not seem so extraordinary until you consider how close it was to the center of the blast. It stood 160 meters northwest of the hypocenter.
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