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The Peace Museum is such a disingenuous monument.
It's all "boo hoo, they dropped the bomb on Japan", but the only context given, or reference to the absolute horrors Japan inflicted on SE Asia is like "somehow Japan found itself at war"
Japan sees itself as a victim of the war, not the bloodthirsty, psychopathic nation that murdered millions of innocent people out of imperial greed.
The museums are about the bombs, not the war. Other atrocities like the destruction of Tokyo also weren't mentioned, so if you call it disingenuous you might've missed the point to be honest. 300.000 lives were destroyed in an instant, with many of them suffering greatly over day, weeks, years and even decades. The museus show what happened on those 2 days and why nuclear bombs should never be used again
All 3 can be true; dropping the bombs were a warcrime, being an untargeted attacked against civilians of a country that already tried to surrender, Japan committed atrocities across EA, and has failed to come to terms with its past.