This was the closest school to the nuclear blast, up a hill a mere 500m away, where 1400 children were vaporised. It's hard not to be moved by the very ordinariness that exists here today. Except for one building that still stands as it did following the bombing (to the right at the top of the stairs), this functioning school looks much like any other, albeit with the addition of sculptures, monuments and memorials commemorating the loss of life.
The last of these is laden with strands of 1000 origami cranes, the traditional children's prayer for peace.
