August 9th, 1945 at 10:58 in the morning, a 22 kiloton nuclear weapon devastated the Urakami district of Nagasaki. This event naturally lives on in the minds of the survivors and the health of their decendants. The rights and wrongs of that day are for others to debate; I wouldn't presume to do so here. The site is marked with a small park of such simplistic beauty and elegance that it produces its own serenity. There is a theory that in order to recover from severe trauma, the victim must forego all that was considered normal and formulate and embrace a new normality that recognizes that trauma and doesn't hide it. From my own viewpoint, it seems that the folks of Nagasaki have done just that. Unlike Hiroshima, Nagasaki accepts those events and displays them in an informative, though nonetheless shocking way, preferring instead to document the city's varied past and prosperous future. Following are some simple images of the Nagasaki Peace Park.

"Though the water was black and oily, I was so thirsty I drank it anway". The diary of a young girl just after the blast	Statue in memory of the victims donated by the people of Russia flanks the avenue through the centre of the park

Beautifully simple monument from the People's Republic of China	Peace Statue. The right hand points skywards as a warning, the left to the future