Today we drove 90 minutes north to the town of Nagasaki. We stopped to visit Peace Park. The statue has the right arm extended upwards to where the bomb came from. The left arm is extended toward peace over the land. About 40 years ago I visited Hawaii. When we toured the Pearl Harbor Memorial I was surrounded by Japanese tourists. I felt awkward. Today I was visiting the epicenter of the atom bomb in Nagasaki and again I felt awkward.
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