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...
Friendship Stone
The youth of FORT WILLIAM, SCOTLAND and DUDLEY, WORCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND who have themselves been linked in friendship for many years have presented this shrine to the youth of HIROSHIMA as a...