Random victim of the second and hopefully last atomic bomb, Nagasaki lost 35,000 people at 11:02 on August 9th, 1945. Major munitions facilities were heavily damaged and coupled with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the firebombing of Tokyo led the nation to surrender six days later. After the war, Nagasaki slowly rebuilt and is now home to over 400,00 people. This manhole cover sits proximate to the hypocenter of the bombing and features three Hydrangea around the city symbol. The flowering bushes stem from a romantic connection between the Dutch botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold and his Japanese wife, Kusumoto Taki, who he named Otakusa after the flower. Sadly, he was deported after being discovered with a map of Northern Japan, which was a treasonist act in 1829. Nevertheless, the hydrangea has subsequently spread throughout the world and has become the city symbol. Numbers are added to the bottom quadrant of the cover reflecting its wartime history. This trivet can be found as a coaster in the Notorious Japan coaster set.