"Kokura—not Nagasaki—would have gone down in history as Hiroshima’s sister city in atomic devastation"

"Poor visibility over Kokura and a cascade of mishaps... put Nagasaki in the crosshairs instead"
https://www.history.com/articles/nagasaki-atomic-bomb-drop-secondary-target
#Nagasaki #Kokura

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Was taught in school history lessons that "what if" alternatives were mere distractions from what had historically occurred.
Had heard there had been dummy A-bomb runs, but didn't know proposed targets had been #Hiroshima, #Kokura, #Niigata, and #Nagasaki with Nagasaki selected in place of #Kyoto. What if...
https://mastodon.social/@thejapantimes/114982815128234515
Japan Times opinion piece also says the atomic bombings did not halt Stalin's advances, so nuclear deterrence might not be effective against psychopaths
#NuclearWar
The train was pretty empty
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#kokura #kyushu #小倉市 #japantravel

📷小倉城庭園
Kokura Castle Japanese Garden

📝 #小倉城 そばの池泉回遊式庭園。池を見下ろすように造られている高めの書院が特徴。
🗾 #北九州 #小倉 #Kitakyushu #Kokura #KokuraCastle
🏷 #castle #garden

Kokura Castle in a rain
Kokura, Kitakyushu, Japan

We went to Japan during the rainy season, but I just learned that Philly was also very wet with a lot of rain during the past couple of weeks. Looks like I did not have to worry about our plants 😊

The photo is taken on July 9th in the middle of the rainy season when we visited Kokura Castle - with an umbrella, it was still a nice day walking around the castle 😉

#Japan #Japanese #Kitakyushu #Kokura #Castle #Rain #umbrella

Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo tree serving as a platform for plant growth 😉

A few different plants and moss are growing out of this tree 😊

#Japan #Japanese #Kokura #Ginkgo #Tree #Plant #Rain #WetSeason #Moss

Night at the Kokura Castle

The illumination was basically an advertisement for the local baseball team 😑

But I caught a moment without commercials 😉

#Japan #Japanese #Kokura #Kitakyushu #Castle #Illumination

Okuri-Tora, the sending tiger, at the exit of the Kokura Castle

Wishing you good luck 😊

#Japan #Japanese #Kokura #Kitakyushu #Castle #Tiger #Painting #Art

Mukae Tora - The Greeting Tiger at the Kokura Castle

No matter where you are coming from, this tiger will welcome you

#Japan #Japanese #Kokura #Kitakyushu #Castle #Tiger #Painting #Art