>>508815846The ash shadows are the first thing I think about and I too am skeptical of their legitimacy which is why I didn't bring them up.
I simultaneously believe Nukes are real, and that it's possible the ash shadows are artificially maintained as a reminder.
I rescind my mention of radiation pockets, that was from from the nuclear plant meltdown in another city. The radiation from the fatman and little boy were cooked off and it allowed them to rebuild the city without issue.
As for
>how were they able to rebuild so quicklyis a unique case where Japan has always excelled at rapid housing and infrastructure development. They have frequent earthquakes and Tsunamis and so their houses are built with flexibility and abundant materials. They don't try to build thick sturdy homes hoping they outlast for decades. They build a home that will last until a category 8 earthquake shakes it apart so they can clean up and build another.
They were probably the best nation equipped to rebuild after a nuke.
Consider how Europe couldn't even rebuild after even minor bombs, and remember that the buildings were expensive stone works of art centuries old with techniques lost to time. Europeans were rebuilding using plaster and wallpaper facades.
You also had the economic miracle that restored Japan. So the argument that Nukes can't be real because Japan was able to rebuild too quickly doesn't hold up.
Even today, Japanese housing works different. Homes are legally only allowed to stand for 15 years before it's torn down and rebuilt. This makes it so housing isn't a long term investment for boomers to inflate and fuck over kids, and it allows architecture graduates to flex their skills with modern conventions. That's why Tokyo always looks so fucking new, and why Western infrastructure is outdated. We're stuck in a ponzi scheme holding up boomer investments for shitboxes that are too old and too expensive