'It's my last opportunity to tell people about black rain': Japanese A-bomb survivor - The Mainichi
HIROSHIMA -- This summer, shortly after the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a letter in beautiful handwriting arrived at the Main
Kazuo Nakamura is seen talking about the fish he found floating in the Yahata River and took home after being exposed to black rain, in the Itsukaichiekimae district of Hiroshima's Saeki Ward, on Aug. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Misa Koyama) HIROSHIMA -- This summer, shortly after the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a letter in beautiful handwriting arrived at the Mainichi Shimbun's Hiroshima Bureau. "Although it was sunny out, it rained, and when I wiped the rain on my face, my palm became black. This was 'black rain,'" the letter read. It had been sent by 83-year-old Kazuo Nakam
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