The Little Japan vehicle was developed so that its creator Kazuya Kanemaru and any volunteer could travel to towns and villages on it. They were searching for a place to launch the attached balloon that was shaped like Little Boy, the nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.
More atomic art:
Tom Sachs' Sony Outsider, a true-to-scale replica of the Fat Man, the atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki in August 1945, Postapocalyptic survival gear, Kenji Yanobe's manga and sci-fi inspired sculptures intended to protect humans and dogs from potential threats and help them navigate a disintegrating future; Cinema in The Wood, by Yanobe Kenji, a movie theater and nuclear shelter.
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