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Hiroshima

We travelled from Kyoto to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Memorial Park "constructed as a commemorative facility in accordance with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law promulgated in August 1948, under the project to make the whole neighbourhood of the Nakajima district into a symbol of everlasting peace and a recreation area for citizens."

The park was renovated into its current state in readiness for the 50th anniversary of the A-Bombing.

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is held in this park on August 6th every year.
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Atomic Bomb Dome, now a UNESCO World Heritage site (1996)
Atomic Bomb Dome, now a UNESCO World Heritage site (1996)		 Hiroshima Peace Park
Hiroshima Peace Park		 Atomic Bomb Dome from across the Motoyasu-gawa River
Atomic Bomb Dome from across the Motoyasu-gawa River
Visitors read the story of the original Public Works Office, now the Atomic Bomb Dome
Visitors read the story of the original Public Works Office, now the Atomic Bomb Dome 		Photo of the original Public Works Department building
Photo of the original Public Works Department building		 Children's Peace Monument
Children's Peace Monument
Children's Peace Monument
Children's Peace Monument		 Cenotaph for the A-Bomb victims
Cenotaph for the A-Bomb victims		 Children of the World Peace Monument
Children of the World Peace Monument
Inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum		 School children reading the displays in the museum
School children reading the displays in the museum		 A true account, one of many
A true account, one of many
Another true account
Another true account		 School children on excursion to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
School children on excursion to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum		 Visitors to the museum
Visitors to the museum
A photo of the bomb site
A photo of the bomb site		 Display in the museum
Display in the museum		 Inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Tourist Information Centre near the Peace Memorial Park
Tourist Information Centre near the Peace Memorial Park		 MemorialTower dedicated to the mobilised students
MemorialTower dedicated to the mobilised students		 Everything stopped at 8:15 am on August 6th 1945
Everything stopped at 8:15 am on August 6th 1945
Happy Hiroshima girls today! A new generation.
Happy Hiroshima girls today! A new generation.		 Contemplation
Contemplation
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danad20-Feb-2015 08:55
A very interesting reportage on this park commemorating an awful event. V.
We have been there some years ago and it was very moving to visit this place.
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