This Hiroshima Q&A deals with questions that are often asked by people. We hope this section will be a great help for your peace studies. If you would like to know more about Hiroshima and peace-related issues, please visit "Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum" or the "Peace Park Tour" on this web site. For those who want to read survivors' stories, please visit "The Survivors' Stories" page.

# General Questions #
* Why did Hiroshima become the target of the atomic bombing? * What was the population of Hiroshima at that time? How many people died from the atomic bomb? * How was the "PIKADON" like? "PIKA" is the expression of the flash and "DON" of the sound of the blast. * How far did the damage of the atomic bomb reach?
# The Atomic Bomb Dome #
* Can we find any area or buildings that is a symbol of the horror of the bomb other than the dome? * What was the dome used for?
# Radioactivity   Black Rain #
* Does radioactivity remain still now? Is the level of radioactivity in Hiroshima is higher than in other areas? * What is the effect of radioactivity? * Why did the black rain have a harmful influence on human bodies? * It was no plants will grow in Hiroshima for 70 years after the bomb was dropped? Is this true?
# Aftereffects of the Atomic Bomb #
* What kind of aftereffects were there? * It was said the victims' children and grandchildren could also develop the atomic bomb diseases. Is it different between parents and their descendants, or is there any difference? * How can a fetus in the womb of a woman exposed to the atomic bomb? * My grandfather has kind of a pocketbook. Does it have any meaning? * How many people are now suffering from the atomic bomb diseases? What symptoms of the diseases do they have? * What is the influence of the bomb now on the third generation of hibakusha?
# Miscellaneous #
* Where was "Bare-foot Gen",(a hero in a comic book) exposed to the atomic bomb? * How many paper cranes did Sadako Sasaki, who became a model of the Children's Peace Monument fold? * When the bomb exploded, did the water in rivers vaporize? Was it hot when people jumped into it?
# Questions to Hibakusha (Miyoko Matsubara answers) #
* What ideas did you have during the war? Were you against the war? * When the bomb was dropped, how was it? And waht did you feel? * When did you know Hiroshima was attacked by the atomic bomb? * How was the city of Hiroshima immediately after the explosion? * What did you think when you saw a river with dead bodies floating in it? * What was the most horrible thing you experienced being hit by the bomb? * Do you have bodily pain now? * What are the present suffering of the victims? * Because of the atomic bomb, you lost your family and friends. Do you hate Americans or bomb makers? * What do Hiroshima citizens think of the U.S. and the people concerned? * What is the most regrettable thing? * What do you think of the current Hiroshima? * Where do you want visitors to see in Hiroshima? * What is Hiroshima proud of worldwide? * If a war occurs in the future, do you think a nuclear bomb would be used? * What do you think of civil war and the nuclear testing now going on? * What do you think our generation should convey to the next?

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