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WITH GOTTHARD IN JAPAN!
HIROSHIMA:
September 11 th
Hiroshima is the last stop on the Japan tour. We
met the band at the venue at the Quatro Club in the
afternoon and walking together to the site for our last
photo session with GOTTHARD, except for drummer
Hena Habegger, who has some other plans.
Hiroshima is the largest city of western Honshu, the
largest island of Japan, and is best known as the first
city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon
when the United States Air Force dropped an atomic
bomb on the city on August 6 th , 1945, near the end of
World War II. Our steps take us through Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Park to the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Our thoughts go to the tremendous tragedy when
around 70,000 people died and another 70,000 were
fatally injured from the radiation. We are also thinking
about visiting this place on the same day as another
tragedy happened at New York’s World Trade Center
11 years ago. Straight after we are heading to the
Bell of Peace near the Children’s Peace Monument.
Visitors can ring the bell for world peace. Pity that the
band is not complete because from the 2 mentioned
places we definitely got the best shots here.
Returning back for soundcheck and enjoying
the last show and the last moments with the 2
bands. Unfortunately, tonight after the GOTTHARD
show we can see only the beginning of UNISONIC
because we’re leaving for Hakata, which is close to
the airport as GOTTHARD and us have flights early
next morning.
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