Myth of Tomorrow

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Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan-September 18, 2018: Myth of Tomorrow: Myth of Tomorrow is a wall painting painted by Taro Okamoto in Shibuya station.
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Okamoto Tarō's mural, Myth of Tomorrow (1967), was commissioned by a Mexican luxury hotel but went missing two years later. It finally turned up in 2003 and, in 2008, the haunting 30m-long work, which depicts the atomic bomb exploding over Hiroshima, was installed inside Shibuya Station. It's on the 2nd-floor corridor leading to the Inokashira line ticket gates.

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