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Nagasaki
Nagasaki is a port city, and the capital and largest city of the Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. As of 2007, Nagasaki had a population of 459,198.
On August 9th 1945, in the final days of World War II, Nagasaki was hit by the second atomic bomb used in warfare (the first was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th). Somewhere between 40,000 and 75,000 people were killed, about another 75,000 injured, and the northern parts of the city were destroyed.
Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan Photographic Print
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| Sofukuji Temple Gate Detail, Nagasaki, Japan 64" X 48" Photographic Print Artist: Rob Tilley.  |
Sofukuji Temple Gate Detail, Nagasaki, Japan 64" X 48" Photographic Print Artist: Rob Tilley.  |
Sofukuji Temple Gate Detail, Nagasaki, Japan 64" X 48" Photographic Print Artist: Rob Tilley.  |
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