The story of Takaski Nagai, who worked out of Nagasaki University and survived the August 9th, 1945, atomic bomb that demolished much of the city of Nagasaki. He was dedicated to the new science of radiology and his memory is highly revered by many in Japan. His life’s journey took him from Shintoism, then atheism and then to Catholicism. His reflection on his life, impacted through family and the history and culture of his native land is compelling.