Seventy years ago to the day, the United States dropped an atomic bomb, known as “Little Boy,” on Hiroshima, resulting in the deaths of 140,000 of its 350,000 residents.
Three days later, a second bomb, christened “Fat Man,” devastated Nagasaki. Photographer Issei Kato juxtaposed archival images of the destruction with present-day scenes.
The outline of a passerby captured on the Yorozuyo Bridge after the heat of the bomb. He was 860 meters from the center of the blast and the asphalt was burned everywhere except the lighted area, which was protected by his body-Today, the bridge is tiled
Residents walk near the Aioi Bridge in Hiroshima, October 1945-The bridge today
The prefectural industrial promotion hall in Hiroshima destroyed after the bombing on August 6, 1945 – Today Hiroshima Peace Memorial
People walk on the Aioi Bridge after the bombing-Today, cyclists cross the bridge
The shadows of the railings on the Yorozuyo Bridge were created by the heat of the bomb
The ruins of the medical university in Nagasaki, after the second bomb dropped in Nagasaki three days later
Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, which was completely destroyed on 9 August – The new temple was built in 1959
The southern view of Urakami Cathedral in 1945 – and its reconstruction
The ruins of the Shiroyama National School in Nagasaki, and the same street today