広島Today marks the 66th anniversary of the US Air Force's dropping of an atomic bombings on Hiroshima.
Three days later, on 9 August 1945, Nagasaki was the second - and to date last - city to endure such a cruel fate.
It is estimated that in the first two to four months following the bombings, 90,000 – 166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000 – 80,000 in Nagasaki died.
There are estimates that as many as 200,000 had died by 1950, mainly because of cancer and other long-term effects.
Hiroshima today however is an attractive, green, and laid-back city in southern Honshu.
It has one of the best system of trams in Japan. The elegant trolleys criss-cross the city's many rivers and boulevards.
This year's anniversary will be particularly poignant due to the ongoing nuclear crisis in Fukushima.
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