Hiroshima: Fallout
Behind the sunny optimism of modern-day Hiroshima, its terrible history is far from forgotten. Gary Bowerman returns to a childhood obsession in a search for the city's lost souls
Nanjing. Srebrenica. Halabja. Rwanda. Cambodia. Auschwitz. As the bullet train slices a trail through western Japan, my handwritten list of 20th-century massacres is lengthening. Outside, a milky early morning sun catches the auburn foliage, enlivening the hillsides. Inside, my mood is subdued. Having just left Kobe, a city ripped asunder [ read more ]
