Norman Cousins
Norman Cousins 1915 – 1990 U.S.A. WORLD PEACE will not be achieved by drift or default. The goal must be defined, the approaches must be accepted, the responsibilities must be fixed -Norman...
Monument of Prayer
Monument of Prayer The Monument of Prayer was completed on August 15, 1960, on the fifteenth anniversary of the end of the war, by the Committee to Carry out a National Festival of Prayers for...
Bell of Peace
Bell of Peace We dedicate this bell As a symbol of Hiroshima Aspiration: Let all nuclear arms and wars be gone, And the nations live in true peace! May it ring to all corners of the eart To meet...
Pond of Peace and Flame of Peace
Pond of Peace The Fifth Japan Junior Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s member conference held in Hiroshima in the fall of 1956 concluded with the words “Commemorating this even, we shall...
Korean Victim Memorial
Monument to Korean Victims and Survivors At the end of World War II there were about 100,000 Koreans living in Hiroshima as soldiers, civilian employees of the army, mobilized students...
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...
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...
Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall
The Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (Approx. 160 meters from the hypocenter) This building was completed in April of 1915 under the design and supervision of Czech architect...
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Mourning the lives lost in the atomic bombing we pledge to convey the truth of this tragedy throughout Japan and the world, pass it on to the future, learn the lessons of history, and build...
Peace Clock Tower
PEACE CLOCK TOWER QUARTER PAST EIGHT EVERY MORNING, THE MORTAL MOMENY OF THE BLASTING BACK IN 1945, THE CLOCK WILL CHIME ITS PRAYER FOR PERPETUAL PEACE AND APPEAL OT THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD...
World Heritage Site - Atomic Bomb Dome
WORLD HERITAGE SITE HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL (GENBAKU DOME) As a historical witness that conveys the tragedy of suffering the first atomic bomb in human history and as a symbol that vows...