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Light of hope under the atomic bomb remains
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Ryuichi Matsuno

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  • The one-legged torii gate of Sanno Shrine. This powerful symbol of resilience miraculously survived the atomic blast of 1945

  • Under the torii gate, you might find a lot of folded cranes in a bottle. Messeage from Japanese students is written. You can feel what they've written. No war

  • Half of the Torii gate survived because it stood perpendicular to the blast.
    But all other structures of the shrine were entirely destroyed.

  • Other half of the shrine gate blown in to bits, is at the back side.

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