Urakami Station, about 1 km from the hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb, collapsed, and in mid-October, potato rationing began in the hastily constructed barracks at the Urakami Station depot. Nagasaki citizens who had been living in shelters gathered and formed a line to wait.

   The Nagasaki atomic bomb was dropped and exploded on August 9, 1945, and Urakami Station, located about 1 km from the hypocenter, collapsed. In mid-October, potato rationing began at the Urakami Station barracks. Nagasaki citizens who had been living in shelters since the bombing gathered and formed a line to wait. At the time, there was not enough food and clothing to go around, and everything was rationed.

　Urakami Station on the Nagasaki Main Line was located in the center of Iwakawa-cho, Nagasaki City. It was about 1 km south of the hypocenter. It was bordered by the Nagasaki Steel Works of Mitsubishi Steel Corporation on the other side of the tracks of the Nagasaki Main Line of Japan National Railways. Urakami Station was also lost, and buildings and people were suddenly destroyed by fire. Scattered about were the wreckage, layers of rubble, and smoldering fragments of buildings. At Urakami Station, the station building was completely destroyed, and of the approximately 70 JNR employees who worked there, about 20 were killed instantly. About 45 people died of atomic bomb-related illnesses after being exposed to the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

　The Nagasaki Steel Works of Mitsubishi Steel Corporation, from left to right in the photo, collapsed as well as Plant 4, Plant 1 Machine Shop, Plant 1 Forge Shop, Main Building, Substation, and Plant 2 Forge Shop, all at Nagasaki Steel Works. Due to the blast of the Nagasaki atomic bomb, the steel frames of the walls bent at the point of contact with the base support columns and tilted significantly. The walls and tin roofs were blown away, exposing the steel frame. The Mitsubishi Steel Works, located behind Urakami Station, was engulfed in flames, its steel frame crumbling noisily, bent and folded by the blast. The total number of employees was estimated to be about 5,300, with about 3,300 on duty on the day of the August 9 bombing, and about 1,700 on duty at 11:02 a.m., according to the half-shift system. About 1,700 others were joined by mobilized schoolchildren, women's volunteer corps, and naval operatives. Among them, about 1,400 were estimated to have died as a result of exposure to the Nagasaki atomic bomb.