Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Oldest wooden buildings in the world originally built in 607 ad they were destroyed by fire in 670. They rebuilt them and they are lucky to still be there today. We visited around 10-12 temples in total and most of them were built around the same time however most of them have been rebuilt anywhere from 7 - 12 times because of fire.
"A-Dome" this is still as it was after the bomb exploded around 160 meters from here. The explosion and fire that broke out after destroyed over 92% of the buildings in Hiroshima and killed 70 000 people and 140 000 by the end of the year. Everybody within 1 km died almost instantly (we were staying within that distance) and those that were unlucky enough to survive went to the river right next to this building and the shock of the cold water on there bodies killed them.
The roof of the building was cooper and melted within 3 seconds so you can understand why nobody really stood a chance.
Torii tunnels in Kyoto.

No comments: