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Peace Park

Peace Park lies roughly beneath the spot where the Nagasaki bomb exploded. It is large and peaceful (save for the tourists), and filled with flowers and statues--some pretty, and some not so pretty.

One of many statues

 

One of our guidebooks described this big fellow as a well-intentioned monstrosity...fair enough

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