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It was the first clear day in the several since my arrival in Hiroshima. As I had planned the day before, first thing in the morning I climbed to the rooftop watchtower of the Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Hiroshima Prefectural Commerce Association) to take panoramic photos of the burnt plain of the city. From Approaching Ground Zero (Iwanami Junior Paperbacks), by Shigeo Hayashi |
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Shigeo Hayashi October 1945 |
Introduction
Shigeo Hayashi was a still photographer for an academic survey team of the Special Committee for the Investigation of A-bomb Damage organized by the Scientific Research Council of Japan (under the Ministry of Education). Hayashi arrived in Hiroshima on September 30, 55 days after the bombing. |
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![]() Filming at the hypocenter Location: Saiku-machi (now, Ote-machi 1 chome) Survey team members measure residual radiation in the ruins of Shima Hospital (the hypocenter), as Japan Film Corporation staff film them. |
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![]() The survey team shortly after arrival in Hiroshima Location: Moto-machi The survey team members gathered on the approach to Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine are facing the hypocenter. |
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