Former Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan

This guide to the Former Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan opens two days after the atomic bombing, with branch manager Yoshikawa, himself badly hurt, standing over an untouched vault while every other bank in the city had lost its records and often its building too. It follows the decision he made about who could withdraw cash with no passbook, no seal, and no proof of identity at all, as rival banks moved their own tellers into this marble hall to draw from his vault. Look up at the shutters still bolted over the windows, closed that August morning against the fireball's heat.