2 pictures of the same arch..in Nagasaki. One after the bombing, one after the tsunami

Maine-ah

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Sat Jun-25-11 08:04 PM
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2 pictures of the same arch..in Nagasaki. One after the bombing, one after the tsunami

anybody know if this is a hoax...or the history?

Tsunami 2011

1945 after bomb dropped

I was thinking the 1945 arch looked flatter and made out of wood, and the 2011 arch looked more round and made from concrete. But, that I guess could be from different types of photography, angle, light etc....

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Swede

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Sat Jun-25-11 08:06 PM
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1. Nagasaki isn't near the disaster area.

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Maine-ah

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Sat Jun-25-11 08:08 PM
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3. ah...ok

lol...I guess that explains that.

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SadPanda

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Sat Jun-25-11 08:06 PM
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2. Hoax. Nagasaki wasn't hit by tsunami. Those arches are everywhere. Nt

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Fuddnik

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Sat Jun-25-11 08:13 PM
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4. Wave height map

Edited on Sat Jun-25-11 08:16 PM by Fuddnik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Tohoku_earthquake_observed_tsunami_heights_en.png

For some reason, it won't post the link. But, the tsunami didn't hit Nagasaki.

Nagasaki 0.8m

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csziggy

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Sat Jun-25-11 08:13 PM
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5. It may be in honor of the original

Here are some Flickr photos from 2010 of the memorial: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlosvanvegas/4692455156/in/photostream/

It looks as though the original arch was partially destroyed or fell after your earlier shot.

"Some of the rubble was left as a memorial, such as a one-legged torii gate and an arch near ground zero."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki#Reconstruction_after_the_war

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kestrel91316

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Sat Jun-25-11 10:55 PM
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6. Toris are found ALL OVER Japan. Nagasaki is nowhere near

where the March quake hit. It's on the opposite end of Honshu, lol.

How do these things get legs in the era of Google maps??

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Sat Jun-25-11 11:48 PM
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7. As a participant on a couple of travel-oriented boards, I know that some

people would rather ask anonymous strangers on the Internet to plan their trips for them rather than take out a map or a guidebook themselves.

The number of people who ask, for example, "What is there to see and do in Tokyo?" or who think that all the Asian countries are as small and close together as the European countries is astounding and a clear indication that some people are too lazy to look at a guidebook or map.

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NuttyFluffers

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Sun Jun-26-11 12:04 AM
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8. it's as entertaining as hearing visitors wanna do a quick hop from SF to LA.

"I'm in LAX for a few hours, wanna join me for a tour of the Golden Gate Bridge?"

"Uh, sure, but how long is your lay over? We're around 6 hours away by car and one hour away by plane?"

"Six hours away by car? Wow, you're far! I thought you'd be closer..."

it's so easy to forget how big things are. yes, maps and geographic literacy is a good thing! :7

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Sun Jun-26-11 12:18 AM
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9. Once when I was spending the summer in Japan (back in my teaching days),

I lived in the same rooming house as a young couple who were both models.

They managed to land jobs as extras in an American movie that was being filmed in Tokyo. Mostly it was pretty boring standing around, but one day, they came back with a story: They were talking to one of the crew members, and he asked them, "How would you guys like to drive down to Hong Kong over the weekend?"

They had to break the news to him that Hong Kong was about 1500 miles away on the Asian mainland and that Japan is an island country.

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NuttyFluffers

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Sun Jun-26-11 02:19 PM
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10. ha! that's almost impossible to top. "Let's drive to HK from Tokyo!" classic.

it's almost like that Robin Williams joke about truckers so high on speed (or was it coke?) to hit their schedules that they'd say, "Fuck it! i'm driving all the way to Hawaii!"

i'm tempted to think that's just an awesome sarcastic pick-up line. if not, it should be. "hey there, wanna drive to HK for the weekend? i got a convertible and some blow..."

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