Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

This guide to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima opens by correcting an old, comforting story told about a stone stairway near the former Sumitomo Bank, and what the granite actually recorded on the morning of August 6, 1945. You'll also hear about a small rusted tricycle that belonged to a three-year-old boy named Shinichi, who had begged his father for one because none were left to buy in wartime Hiroshima. The guide follows both objects into the decades after, including how the bank came to donate its steps and how the boy's father eventually parted with what he had kept. Give yourself a quiet moment in front of each case before moving on.