“On the morning of August 9, 1945, I was perched atop a giant persimmon tree in our backyard, catching cicadas,” says Minoru Moriuchi, left. Then “the sun exploded.”
Kumiko Arakawa, right, who died in 2019, lost both parents and four siblings in the bombing. “At age 20, I was suddenly required to support my surviving family members,” she says.
Nat Geo Explorer Haruka Sakaguchi asked hibakusha, the Japanese term for bomb survivors, were asked to tell their stories nearly 80 years after the explosions—and write down a message for future generations.
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