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Disasters

The Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima in July, 1947

Hiroshima
Every Day I Thought I Would Die Tomorrow

Albumen print by Felice Beato of the Bund in Kobe after the typhoon of July 1871

Kobe 1871
Battling Japan's Typhoons

The ruins of Ryounkaku (凌雲閣) at Asakusa Park in Tokyo, 1923

Tokyo 1923
Drowning in a Sea of Fire

The ruins of Yokohama after the Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1, 1923

Yokohama 1923
A Story of Survival

111004-0011 - Great Yokohama Fire of November 26, 1866 (Keio 2)

Yokohama 1866
The Fruits of Fire

Crowds attempting to escape the Osaka Great Kita Fire of 1909

Osaka 1909
Great Kita Fire

Osaka’s Shijimi River after the Great Kita Fire of July 31, 1909

Osaka 1909
Shijimi River after the Fire

Kita no Taika (Great Kita Fire), Osaka, 1909

Osaka 1909
Great Kita Fire

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