Sanno Shrine (about 800 m
southeast of the hypocenter) |
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| Second Torii Gate and Camphor
trees |
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A-bombed camphor trees
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Photographed by the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey
(Housed by Committee for
Research of Photographs and Materials of the Atomic Bombing, Nagasaki Foundation
for Promotion of Peace) |
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| One of the two pillars of the Sanno Shrine
Torii was toppled by the A-bomb blast. The blast also blew away the branches
and leaves of the two camphor trees in the precincts of the Shrine, which were
then more than 500 years old. At that time, it was feared that the trees might
wither and die; however, they gradually began to recover, and now are thickly
covered with leaves and branches. |
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