The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum has renovated its exhibits on the damage caused by the bombing on August 9th, 1945 with an eye toward passing down the horrors of nuclear weapons to the next generation.
The renovation work started last summer as a project to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
A ceremony was held on Monday in the western Japanese city to celebrate the completion of new exhibits that use projection mapping technology.
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said the museum plays an increasingly important role in passing on the legacy as the bombing survivors get older.
He said they will hand down to future generations their determination to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
One new exhibit illustrates how the shock wave and the heat of the explosion traveled through the city by projecting video images on a diorama of Nagasaki.
Another features digitized images from an 11-meter scroll that depicts the devastation of the city during the 3 days following the bombing.
Other photos and paintings have also been digitized to allow visitors to select and view them using a touch-screen device.
A university student from neighboring Kumamoto Prefecture said the exhibit was quite understandable and brought home the horrors of the atomic bombing.(NHK)
Link: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160314_19/
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