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Nakajima District

Nakajima District (100 to 700 meters from the hypocenter) From the middle of the nineteenth Century to 1945, the Nakajima District (presently the site of Peace Memorial Park) was among the most...

    Monument to Tamiki Hara

    Monument to Tamiki Hara   Engraved in stone long ago, Lost in the shining sand, In the midst of a crumbling world, The vision of one flower   Tamiki Hara   Submitted by Bryan Arnold   @nanowhiskers

      Hiroshima Zero Milestone

      Zero Milestone of Hiroshima City (Zero Milestone of Hiroshima Prefecture)   The intersection of main overland traffic routes, this point was also used as a main stop in water transport on the...

        Preservation of Atomic Bomb Dome

        PRESERVATION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB DOME   March 1990  The City of Hiroshima intends to preserve the A-bomb Dome forever.  Two reinforcement projects have been undertaken so far, in 1987 and in...

          Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

          The Itsukushima Shinto Shrine   The Itsukushima Shinto Shrine World Heritage Site is the jewel of the island of Miyajima.  The island, with the ‘Mt. Misen Primaeval Forest’ natural monument, is...

            Hypocenter

            Hypocenter   Carried to Hiroshima from Tinian Island by the Enora Gay, a U.S. Army B-29 bomber, the first atomic bomb used in the history of humankind exploded approximately 600 meters above this...

              Hiroshima Bank

              Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan (about 380 meters from the hypocenter) The interior of this building was severely destroyed by the intense blast of the atomic bomb’s explosion at 8:15...

                Red Bird Monument

                RED BIRD MONUMENT (Literary Monument Dedicated to Miekichi Suzuki)   Miekichi Suzuki (1882-1936), a distinguished novelist of the Meiji and Taisho period, was born here in Hiroshima City.  Some...

                  Dr. Marcel Junod

                  On August 9, 1945, Dr. Marcel Junod arrived in this country as Chief Representative to Japan of the International Red Cross Committee.  On hearing of the terrible destruction caused by the...

                    Peace Memorial Park

                    Peace Memorial Park National Place of Scenic Beauty   Peace Memorial Park was established to comfort the souls of the victims of the atomic bombing and to pray for everlasting world peace. Having...