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The , located about 800 metres south-east of the atomic bomb
The well-known was one of the unanticipated results of the atomic bomb blast on August 9, 1945.
The epicenter of the bomb's destructive force was located approximately 800 meters from the shrine (in the right background of the image on the left).
One support column was knocked down; but the other somehow remained standing, keeping the gate upright. The force of the shockwave rotated the ''torii'' about 30 degrees on its pedestal base. The central part of the shrine is located just behind the photographer of the image on the right. City of Nagasaki
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
.
The surviving trees of Sannō Shrine have become another living demonstration of destruction and re-growth. Two large
"A camphor by any other name,"
''The Japan Times.'' August 1, 2002. The dead parts of the living trees have been enveloped by new growth.
hypocentre
In seismology, a hypocenter or hypocentre () is the point of origin of an earthquake or a subsurface nuclear explosion. A synonym is the focus of an earthquake.
Earthquakes
An earthquake's hypocenter is the position where the strain energy s ...
in Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest Cities of Japan, city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole Nanban trade, port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hi ...
, is noted for its one-legged stone ''torii
A is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the mundane to the sacred.
The presence of a ''torii'' at the entrance is usually the simple ...
'' at the shrine entrance.
Torii
The well-known was one of the unanticipated results of the atomic bomb blast on August 9, 1945.
The epicenter of the bomb's destructive force was located approximately 800 meters from the shrine (in the right background of the image on the left).
One support column was knocked down; but the other somehow remained standing, keeping the gate upright. The force of the shockwave rotated the ''torii'' about 30 degrees on its pedestal base. The central part of the shrine is located just behind the photographer of the image on the right. City of NagasakiNagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
.
Trees
The surviving trees of Sannō Shrine have become another living demonstration of destruction and re-growth. Two large camphor tree
''Camphora officinarum'' is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel.
Description
''Camphora officinarum'' is native to China south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan, southe ...
s were scorched, burned and stripped of all leaves by the bomb's shock wave; and yet, despite everything, the trees survived. One tree in Nagasaki was designated a natural monument on February 15, 1969.Brazil, Mark"A camphor by any other name,"
''The Japan Times.'' August 1, 2002. The dead parts of the living trees have been enveloped by new growth.
Shrine
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Monuments and memorials in Japan Shinto shrines in Nagasaki Prefecture Buildings and structures in Nagasaki Monuments and memorials concerning the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Chinjusha Religious buildings and structures completed in 1638 Religious buildings and structures completed in 1869 {{Shinto-stub