One of the things I'll miss most about my guest house in Japan.
September 2006 Archives
Choto sumimasen. Manhatan yuki no basu no noriba wa doko desu ka?
The only thing that survived the blast.
Tricycle and metal helmet
Donated by Nobuo Tetsutani
1,500m from the hypocenter, Higashi-hakushima-cho
Shinichi Tetsutani (then 3 years and 11 months) loved to ride his tricycle. That morning,
he was riding in front of his house when, in a sudden flash, he and his tricycle were badly
burned. He died that night. His father felt he was too young to be buried in a lonely grave
away from home, thinking he could still play with his tricycle, he buried Shinichi with
the tricycle in the backyard.
In the summer of 1985, forty years later, his father dug up Shinichi's remains and transferred
them to the family grave.
This tricyle and helmet, after sleeping for 40 years in the backyard with Shinichi, were
donated to the Peace Memorial Museum.
The demand for space in some of Japan's cities results in extreme measures...no pun intended.
Hiroshima, Japan
