Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more.Copyright 1955 'The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30, 1945' The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill Translated and Edited by Warner Wells, M.D. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, by Michihiko Hachiya! You can also listen on Google Play Music, SoundCloud, YouTube, or in any other podcasting app by searching 'Made You Think.' If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episode on The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker, for another look into death’s effect on humankind, and our episode on Letters from a Stoic by Seneca, that delves into philosophy and stoicism and how humans can adapt in the most adverse situations. Where did survivors find food and water? And much more. Japan’s cultural attitude and perceptions surrounding WWII. War propaganda and its effects on soldiers. The uncertainty and confusion that surrounded the mysterious illness befalling the hospital patients and their families.

‘Devastation’ may be a better word, but really I know of no word or words to describe the view from my twisted iron bed in the fire-gutted ward of the communications hospital.” We cover a wide range of topics, including: The accounts of survivors of the atomic blast. I had to revise my meaning of the word ‘destruction’ or choose some other word to describe what I saw. “For acres and acres, the city was like a desert, except for scattered piles of brick and roof tile. In this book, Michihiko registered his own life’s experiences following the atomic bomb’s blast, as a doctor in a Hiroshima hospital. It was at this moment that Hiroshima City, the culmination of many years’ work, disappeared with her good citizens into the beautiful sky.” In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and I discuss Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, by Michihiko Hachiya. It was at the moment of the birth of this cloud, with its ever-changing color, that Hiroshima was wiped out. But it was now, for the first time, that I could picture the cloud, sharply defined against a clear blue August sky.

“I had, of course, heard people say the sky was beautiful, especially those who were as far away as Fuchü and Furuichi.

Hiroshima Diary by Michihiko Hachiya