No More Hiroshima 8.6, No More Nagasaki 8.9. Chugoku Broadcasting Company, NBC Corporation. 16 January 2000. http://japan.park.org/Japan/Peace96/Sakuin-e.html

I found this site after doing a search for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The site itself is well set up with many links to the peace museums of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, covering an extensive range of material dealing with the bombings of both cities during World War II as well as the aftermath of these events. The site is set up to give the viewer the option of focusing on specific aspects of the events preceding and following the bombings of the cities. Each major link then has an outline of the subtopics that support each subject matter. The major links of the site include the histories of both Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the atomic bomb damage of each city, a peace declaration link, and a peace memorial link. The site is set up by a major broadcasting company and receives most of its information from the museums in both the cities, which seems to verify that the information on the site is accurate. It seems the site was set up to spread the recognition of the peace gatherings surrounding the memories of the atrocities of World War II, and as well as to educate the everyday person about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One could gain knowledge from this site of anything from an extensive history of the origins and founding of the cities to the detailed damage and destruction caused by the bombs. Also focused on is the peace ceremonies themselves and provides the site-visitor with a chance to get involved personally.

While the site does cover a wide range of subject matter concerning not only post but also prewar Japan and would serve as a good reference, it does have a few downfalls. I feel that the Internet is a highly visual resource, and that sites are aided by including visual representations of the subject matter and a well set-up and visually pleasing web site. This site, however, has very little visual clips, which may lose it some potential site-visitors. But I did feel that the organization of the site led to easy navigation to the material one was looking for.

-Eloise Melzer