Tears and paper cranes.

A visit to Hiroshima.

Our journey along this part of the Japanese coast has delivered us to Hiroshima.

For us, and I suspect most people, Hiroshima is always going to be associated with that appalling morning of August 6th, 1945.

Standing in front of the domed ruin most visually associated with the bombing, it's hard to believe it actually happened.

It's an emotionally tough trip around the nearby museum that is dedicated to the memory of that day.

There are plenty of heart rendering stories, none more so than the young girl, Sadako Sasaki who survived the bombing, losing her family in the process, to then succumb to leukemia and die at the age of 12.

Her final days are spent in hospital, crafting tiny delicate little origami paper cranes, now the symbol of the city.

To stand in front of the display, with her tiny little cranes still looking fresh is heartbreaking.

Hiroshima’s daughter: Sadako Sasaki - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

There's not a lot to say that hasn't already been said, just to note that, on the very day we visit, Vlad the invader, that creep in the Kremlin, issues orders for training drills for potential nuclear strikes in Ukraine.

Hard to believe.