Visiting the Mitaki Temple


The Mitaki area is 3Km from hypocenter of the Atomic bomb.

"Mitaki" is named from three waterfalls. The Mitaki temple is locate at the top of the maple hill. We can see sightseeing of hole Hiroshima city. But there area many Atomic bombed marks.

We met a priest of the Mitaki temple. We can here many stories of bombed day, fifty years ago.


August 6, 1945

At 8:15, The American bomber B-29 "Enola Gay" dropped the Atomic bomb "Little boy" to Hiroshima city. It was explored 580m over the city. It killed enormous peoples and lives. It burned out hole city. It leave the serious radioactivity. Templature of hypocenter was about 3000 to 400 degrees. There was 1800 degrees in 1Km from hypocenter.

The thermic ray of Atomic bomb damaged the Mitaki area. There were many fire around the Mitaki area. Refugees from downtown gave up to stay the Mitaki area, then they refuges north part of the Hiroshima city. Radioactive black ash rain called the "Black Rain" put out the fire.


June 1995


On our way to the Mitaki temple, we found many no named grave posts.We prayed in this point.

This "Seiai no michi-shirube"(the saint love signpost) lead us to the Mitaki temple.

According to the priest, there are many cenotaphs in the Mitaki area. These cenotaphs pray to hole killed families, unconfirmed dead bodies. These Mitakis's no named grave posts and cenotaphs are hold a religious service to citizen whose killed by the Atomic bomb, and hold services to lied citizen those who destroyed grave posts by the Atomic bomb.


The AUSCHWITZ Holocaust cenotaphs

This temple hold a religious service to the Holocaust victims in Auschwitz.

This remains and ashes were plan to hold in the peace park. But Hiroshima city refuse to hole in the peace park because, Auschwitz Holocaust remains are no concerning with the Atomic bomb. Why .......

The priest of Mitaki temple hope to react Auschwitz cenotaph in the peace park. We though same things with the priest.


from
Yasuda Women's University Department of Primary Education
Jplus project :Media and Network Tecnologies Class 2-3
Nakamura, Nii, Fujita and Munesada

5.3M MPG Movie file


Last edited 29 July, 1995
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