Articles of category "Nagasaki"

Nagasaki is the city of more than one thousand year-old history and a famous port of Japan. We primarily associate the city with the events of World War II, when Hiroshima and Nagasaki citizens became the first human targets ever in the world subject to atomic bombing. However, in Japan, Nagasaki is also famous as the oldest and the most influential Christian community, founded by Francis Xavier in 1550.

Perhaps, World War II became for Japan an even more horrible tragedy than for the other countries that participated. Two atomic explosions turned two Japanese flourishing cities into ashes, while victims were innumerous. Even the people, who managed to survive, continue suffering from late effects to this day. Today, highly faithful Nagasaki inhabitants pray that this experience will never repeat on our planet.