WWII Hiroshima tramcars resume service

[CHamilton]

Hiroshima tram resumes service in original colors to convey horrors of A-bomb

HIROSHIMA--An inspirational symbol, one of the few remaining streetcars that survived the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima has been repainted its original gray and blue colors to mark the 70th anniversary of the world’s first use of a nuclear weapon.

 

[jis]

There is a very nice set of presentations on the subject of how important it was for the morale of the city for tram service to resume after the bombing (which it did after a couple of days), at the Museum in the Peace Park. If you ever go anywhere near Hiroshima, a visit to the Peace park is highly recommended.

A bunch of us did a day trip on the Shinkansen from Yokohama to Hiroshima just to visit the Peace park.