Hiroshima(広島市,Hiroshima-shi) (listen) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The city's name, 広島, means "Wide Island" in Japanese. Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 1,154,391. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011.
Hiroshima was established on the river delta coastline of the Seto Inland Sea in 1589 by the powerful warlord Mōri Terumoto, who made it his capital after leaving Kōriyama Castle in Aki Province.Hiroshima Castle was quickly built, and in 1593 Terumoto moved in. Terumoto was on the losing side at the Battle of Sekigahara. The winner of the battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu, deprived Mori Terumoto of most of his fiefs including Hiroshima and gave Aki Province to Masanori Fukushima, a daimyo who had supported Tokugawa.
The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects depict what occurred aboard the Enola Gay and inside the nuclear blast.
Eyewitness interviews
Five Japanese survivors are interviewed: Kinuko Laskey (a nurse in a communications hospital), Morio Ozaki (an army cadet), Toruko Fujii (16-year-old tram driver), Thomas Takashi Tanemori (an eight-year-old schoolboy), Dr. Shuntaro Hida (a doctor at a military hospital), and Akiko Takakura (a 17-year-old city bank clerk).
Hiroshima's debut album in 1979, the self-titled Hiroshima, contained the single "Roomful of Mirrors," which caught the ear of the "easy-listening" community.
Hiroshima became popular in the New Adult Contemporary community upon the release of its 1985 album Another Place, which spawned the crossover hit "One Wish."
One of the highlights of Hiroshima's career was serving as the opening act for the Miles Davis 1990 world tour. Since then, despite moving towards new-age music, the group continues to gain a wider audience for its music.
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Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
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Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
published: 12 Jun 2018
Hiroshima - Utopia
REDUX, Live At The Gotanda Kani Hoken Hall - Tokyo, Japan 1992
Steal This Show, I Believe It's Out Of Print And Used Copies Sell For Over $150
published: 06 Jul 2011
"Hiroshima" by Utopia (with lyrics) (1977)
First … a word of warning … some of the language and images used in this video should not be heard or viewed by children. There are far worse images available which depict the awful human suffering during the aftermath of the explosions. I made a choice not to use any of those images simply because they are just too horrific. On August 6th and 9th of 1945 during World War II, the United States unleashed two unbelievably destructive devices on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two atomic bombs nicknamed “Little Boy’ and “Fat Man” proved far more destructive than even their designers believed they could possibly be. Although they were tiny (15 and 22 kilotons) compared to the nuclear weapons of today, they instantly vaporized approximately 110 thousand human beings. Those ...
published: 09 Aug 2019
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Hiroshima by utopia
published: 09 Nov 2007
Utopia - Hiroshima Reaction (Fish Out Of Water Series)
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Utopia - Hiroshima (Live Tokyo 1979)
"Don't You Ever Forget"
published: 31 Oct 2017
Utopia - Live in Tokyo 1979 - "Hiroshima (Nagasaki)" & "The Wheel" - "Atomic Cover-Up" Film Footage
Utopia Live in Tokyo 1979
"Hiroshima (Nagasaki)" & "The Wheel"
with "Atomic Cover-Up" Film Footage from PBS
"This award-winning documentary reveals that U.S. officials suppressed--for decades--the most important footage shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (including by the U.S. Army) after the atomic bombings. Why? What was the result and how does it haunt us today?"
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Write...
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy ...
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
First … a word of warning … some of the language and images used in this video should not be heard or viewed by children. There are far worse images available w...
First … a word of warning … some of the language and images used in this video should not be heard or viewed by children. There are far worse images available which depict the awful human suffering during the aftermath of the explosions. I made a choice not to use any of those images simply because they are just too horrific. On August 6th and 9th of 1945 during World War II, the United States unleashed two unbelievably destructive devices on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two atomic bombs nicknamed “Little Boy’ and “Fat Man” proved far more destructive than even their designers believed they could possibly be. Although they were tiny (15 and 22 kilotons) compared to the nuclear weapons of today, they instantly vaporized approximately 110 thousand human beings. Those were perhaps the luckiest of those affected. An estimated 75 thousand more suffered slow and agonizingly painful deaths due to radiation sickness, burns and other injuries. Nonetheless, the use of these terrible weapons probably saved many lives. I don’t believe the Japanese would have surrendered with anything short of a full scale ground invasion of Japan if not for their use. The music in the video is “Hiroshima” by the band “Utopia” from their 1977 album “RA.” They got some of the facts wrong (according to the song both bombs were dropped on August 15, 1945) but I believe they did an excellent job of capturing the terror which must have been felt by all of those poor souls who were witness to this new type of utter devastation on such an unbelievably massive scale. I am particularly impressed by the creativity here in their use of the 13 clock ticks to set the mood for the blistering keyboard and guitar solos. At the very end the attempt at recreating what those victims vaporized by the blasts must have heard in their final moments is just pure and absolute genius.
I sincerely hope that mankind never feels compelled to unleash such horrible weapons upon itself again. As always … Thank you for watching.
First … a word of warning … some of the language and images used in this video should not be heard or viewed by children. There are far worse images available which depict the awful human suffering during the aftermath of the explosions. I made a choice not to use any of those images simply because they are just too horrific. On August 6th and 9th of 1945 during World War II, the United States unleashed two unbelievably destructive devices on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two atomic bombs nicknamed “Little Boy’ and “Fat Man” proved far more destructive than even their designers believed they could possibly be. Although they were tiny (15 and 22 kilotons) compared to the nuclear weapons of today, they instantly vaporized approximately 110 thousand human beings. Those were perhaps the luckiest of those affected. An estimated 75 thousand more suffered slow and agonizingly painful deaths due to radiation sickness, burns and other injuries. Nonetheless, the use of these terrible weapons probably saved many lives. I don’t believe the Japanese would have surrendered with anything short of a full scale ground invasion of Japan if not for their use. The music in the video is “Hiroshima” by the band “Utopia” from their 1977 album “RA.” They got some of the facts wrong (according to the song both bombs were dropped on August 15, 1945) but I believe they did an excellent job of capturing the terror which must have been felt by all of those poor souls who were witness to this new type of utter devastation on such an unbelievably massive scale. I am particularly impressed by the creativity here in their use of the 13 clock ticks to set the mood for the blistering keyboard and guitar solos. At the very end the attempt at recreating what those victims vaporized by the blasts must have heard in their final moments is just pure and absolute genius.
I sincerely hope that mankind never feels compelled to unleash such horrible weapons upon itself again. As always … Thank you for watching.
Utopia Live in Tokyo 1979
"Hiroshima (Nagasaki)" & "The Wheel"
with "Atomic Cover-Up" Film Footage from PBS
"This award-winning documentary reveals that U.S. of...
Utopia Live in Tokyo 1979
"Hiroshima (Nagasaki)" & "The Wheel"
with "Atomic Cover-Up" Film Footage from PBS
"This award-winning documentary reveals that U.S. officials suppressed--for decades--the most important footage shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (including by the U.S. Army) after the atomic bombings. Why? What was the result and how does it haunt us today?"
Utopia Live in Tokyo 1979
"Hiroshima (Nagasaki)" & "The Wheel"
with "Atomic Cover-Up" Film Footage from PBS
"This award-winning documentary reveals that U.S. officials suppressed--for decades--the most important footage shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (including by the U.S. Army) after the atomic bombings. Why? What was the result and how does it haunt us today?"
Provided to YouTube by Rhino
Hiroshima · Utopia
RA
℗ 1977 Bearsville Records Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Rhino Records Inc.
Writer: Roger Powell
Writer: Todd Rundgren
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Excerpt taken from Redux live in Japan DVD. Song original appeared on the 1977 Ra album. I don't own the rights I only want to support my favourite Artist. Buy his Stuff!
First … a word of warning … some of the language and images used in this video should not be heard or viewed by children. There are far worse images available which depict the awful human suffering during the aftermath of the explosions. I made a choice not to use any of those images simply because they are just too horrific. On August 6th and 9th of 1945 during World War II, the United States unleashed two unbelievably destructive devices on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two atomic bombs nicknamed “Little Boy’ and “Fat Man” proved far more destructive than even their designers believed they could possibly be. Although they were tiny (15 and 22 kilotons) compared to the nuclear weapons of today, they instantly vaporized approximately 110 thousand human beings. Those were perhaps the luckiest of those affected. An estimated 75 thousand more suffered slow and agonizingly painful deaths due to radiation sickness, burns and other injuries. Nonetheless, the use of these terrible weapons probably saved many lives. I don’t believe the Japanese would have surrendered with anything short of a full scale ground invasion of Japan if not for their use. The music in the video is “Hiroshima” by the band “Utopia” from their 1977 album “RA.” They got some of the facts wrong (according to the song both bombs were dropped on August 15, 1945) but I believe they did an excellent job of capturing the terror which must have been felt by all of those poor souls who were witness to this new type of utter devastation on such an unbelievably massive scale. I am particularly impressed by the creativity here in their use of the 13 clock ticks to set the mood for the blistering keyboard and guitar solos. At the very end the attempt at recreating what those victims vaporized by the blasts must have heard in their final moments is just pure and absolute genius.
I sincerely hope that mankind never feels compelled to unleash such horrible weapons upon itself again. As always … Thank you for watching.
Utopia Live in Tokyo 1979
"Hiroshima (Nagasaki)" & "The Wheel"
with "Atomic Cover-Up" Film Footage from PBS
"This award-winning documentary reveals that U.S. officials suppressed--for decades--the most important footage shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (including by the U.S. Army) after the atomic bombings. Why? What was the result and how does it haunt us today?"
Hiroshima(広島市,Hiroshima-shi) (listen) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The city's name, 広島, means "Wide Island" in Japanese. Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 1,154,391. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011.
Hiroshima was established on the river delta coastline of the Seto Inland Sea in 1589 by the powerful warlord Mōri Terumoto, who made it his capital after leaving Kōriyama Castle in Aki Province.Hiroshima Castle was quickly built, and in 1593 Terumoto moved in. Terumoto was on the losing side at the Battle of Sekigahara. The winner of the battle, Tokugawa Ieyasu, deprived Mori Terumoto of most of his fiefs including Hiroshima and gave Aki Province to Masanori Fukushima, a daimyo who had supported Tokugawa.
Under the rising sun, dirty, yellow children play And in the red pagoda, mamasan is praying Blood wasted saving face, ancestors are looking on As they wave their silver samurai underneath the big gun Hiroshima, no one could imagine Not the victors nor the victims Pitiful survivors nor the pawn of a man Who had the button under his hand, no one would believe it God, God is on our side, he placed the power in our hands To teach the yellow peril, this is Christian mercy Harry, Harry, give 'em hell, give 'em hell one time again Well, show those axis powers how to make an oven, fry them Hiroshima, no one could imagine Not the victors nor the victims Pitiful survivors nor the pawn of a man Who had the button under his hand, no one could believe it Hiroshima, Nagasaki Don't you ever forget Hiroshima, Nagasaki Don't you ever forget, don't you ever fuckin' forget This is the official voice of the United States of America Addressing the peoples of the islands of Japan Tomorrow morning, on August 15th, 1945 at exactly 8:15 AM We will bomb your cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima With a blast that will level these cities This is the only alert you will receive Hiroshima, Nagasaki Don't you ever forget Hiroshima, Nagasaki Don't you ever forget, don't you ever fuckin' forget