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A schoolgirl rings the Peace Bell in the Hiroshima Peace Park.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園 Hiroshima heiwa kinen kōen) is a large park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack. There are a variety of monuments and buildings in the park, each dedicated to a different aspect of the bombing.

A-Bomb Dome

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The A-Bomb Dome.
The A-Bomb Dome is the skeletal ruins of the former Industrial Promotion Hall. It is the building closest to the hypocenter of the nuclear bomb that remained at least partially standing. It was left how it was after the bombing in memory of the casualties. It is probably the most well-known symbol of the park.

Children's Peace Monument

The Children's Peace Monument is a statue dedicated to the memory of the children who died as a result of the bombing. The statue is of a girl with outstretched arms with a crane rising above her. The statue is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died from radiation from the bomb. She believed that if she folded 1,000 paper cranes she would be cured. To this day, people (mostly children) from around the world fold cranes and send them to Hiroshima where they are placed near the statue. The statue has a continuously replenished collection of folded cranes nearby. The millions of cranes are assembled into long strings or into collages making up pictures, often presenting an inspiring message of peace and world fellowship. After display, the cranes are pulped and recycled into bookmarks, notebooks and other souvenirs which are sold in the Rest House.

Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound

The Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound is a large, grass-covered knoll that contains the ashes of 70,000 unidentified victims of the bomb.

Cenotaph for Korean Victims

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Cenotaph for Korean Victims.
Nearly 20,000 Koreans were killed by the bomb that fell on Hiroshima. The monument reads, "The Korean victims were given no funerals or memorial services and their spirits hovered for years unable to pass on to heaven."

Memorial Cenotaph

Near the center of the park is a concrete, saddle-shaped monument that covers a Cenotaph holding the names of all of the people killed by the bomb. The Cenotaph carries the epitaph, "Repose ye in Peace, for the error shall not be repeated." Through the monument you can see the Peace Flame and the A-Bomb Dome.

Peace Flame

The Peace Flame is another monument to the victims of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, but it has an additional purpose. The flame will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Peace Bell

The Peace Bell stands near the memorial to the A-Bomb Children and consists of a large Japanese bell hanging inside a small open-sided structure. Visitors are encouraged to ring the bell for world peace and the loud and melodious tolling of this bell rings out regularly throughout the Peace Park.

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims

The Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall is an effort by the Japanese national government to remember and mourn the sacred sacrifice of the atomic bomb victims. It is also an expression of Japan's desire for genuine and lasting peace. The Hall contains a number of displays. On the roof, near the entrance (the museum is underground) is a clock frozen at 8:15, the time the bomb went off. The museum contains a seminar room, library, temporary exhibition area, and victims' information area. Additionally, one of the more stunning areas is The Hall of Remembrance which contains a a 360 degree panorama of the destroyed Hiroshima recreated using 140,000 tiles - the number of people estimated to have died from the bomb by the end of 1945.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

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Peace Flame with the Peace Memorial Museum in the background.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is the primary museum in the park dedicated to educating visitors about the bomb. The Museum has exhibits and information covering the build up to war, the role of Hiroshima in the war up to the bombing, and extensive information on the bombing and its effects, along with substantial memorabilia and pictures from the bombing. The building also offers some marvelous views of the Memorial Cenotaph, Peace Flame, and A-Bomb Dome.

Peace Gates

A recent addition to the park, this monument contains six gates covered with the word "peace" in forty-eight languages from around the world. The gates are about 5 meters high and 2 meters wide.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

Every year on 6 August, "A-bomb Day", the City of Hiroshima holds the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph with many citizens including the families of the deceased.

See also

Other Monuments

  • Pond of Peace
  • Peace Clock Tower
  • A-bombed Gravestone
  • Peace Fountain
  • Monument to the Old Aioi Bridge
  • Phoenix Trees Exposed to the A-bomb
  • Linden Tree Monument
  • Hair Monument
  • Hiroshima City Zero Milestone
  • Peace Cairn
  • Stone Lantern of Peace
  • Friendship Monument
  • Peace Memorial Post
  • Peace Tower
  • Fountain of Prayer
  • Monument of Prayer
  • Prayer Monument for Peace
  • Prayer Haiku Monument for Peace
  • Hiroshima Monument for the A-bomb Victims
  • Statue of Mother and Child in the Storm
  • Statue of Peace(New Leaves)(Dr.Hideki Yukawa)
  • Statue of Merciful Mother
  • Statue of a Prayer for Peace
  • The Figure of the Merciful Goddess of Pease (Kannon)
  • Mobilized Students' Merciful Kannon Monument
  • Memorial Tower to the Mobilized Students
  • Hiroshima Second Middle School A-bomb Memorial Monument
  • Memorial Monument of the Hiroshima Municipal Commercial and Shipbuilding Industry Schools
  • Monument to the A-bombed Teachers and Students of National Elementary Schools
  • A-bomb Monument of the Hiroshima Municipal Girl's High School
  • Monument Dedicated to Sankichi Toge
  • Monument to Tamiki Hara
  • Literary Monument Dedicated to Miekichi Suzuki
  • Monument in Memory of Dr.Marcel Junod
  • Clock Commemorating the Repatriation of Those Who Chose to Return to the Democration People's Republic of Korea(21k jpeg)
  • Monument of the Former North Tenjin-cho Area
  • Monument of the Former South Tenjin-cho Area
  • Monument of the Former Zaimoku-cho
  • Memorial Tower for A-bomb-related Victims
  • Memorial Tower to Console A-bomb Victims
  • Monument in Memory of the Korean Victims of the A-bomb
  • Monument of the Volunteer Army Corps
  • Monument of "Zensonpo"(All Japan Nonlife Insurance Labor Union
  • Monument to Those Who Died From the Chūgoku-Shikoku Public Works Office
  • Monument of the Hiroshima District Lumber Control Corporation
  • Monument Dedicated to Construction Workers and Artisans
  • Monument to the Employees of the Hiroshima Post Office
  • Monument of the Hiroshima Gas Corporation
  • Monument to the Employees of the Coal Control-related Company
  • Monument for the A-bomb Victims from the Hiroshima Agricultural Association

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State Party  Japan
Type Cultural
Criteria vi
Reference 775
Region Asia-Pacific

Inscription History
Inscription 1996  (20th Session)
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The hypocenter or hypocentre (literally: 'below the center' from the Greek υπόκεντρον), refers to the site of an earthquake or to that of a nuclear explosion.
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atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America under US President Harry S. Truman.
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Children's Peace Monument (Japanese: 原爆の子の像) is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and is located in in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, itself in
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Sadako Sasaki (Japanese:佐々木 禎子 Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who lived near Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Korean people are an East Asian ethnic group [2]. Most Koreans live in the Korean Peninsula, and speak the Korean language.

Names

South Koreans call Koreans Hangukin
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Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan.

Overview

The Hall was founded by the Japanese national government to mourn the a-bomb victims in 2002 and designed by Kenzo Tange.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum


Established 1955,
remodeled 1991,
renovated Peace Memorial Hall 1994
Location 1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Director Koichiro Maeda
Website www.pcf.city.hiroshima.
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August 6 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is the ceremony for the world peace.

Every year on August 6th "A-bomb Day", the City of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace.
..... Click the link for more information.
State Party  Japan
Type Cultural
Criteria vi
Reference 775
Region Asia-Pacific

Inscription History
Inscription 1996  (20th Session)
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum


Established 1955,
remodeled 1991,
renovated Peace Memorial Hall 1994
Location 1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Director Koichiro Maeda
Website www.pcf.city.hiroshima.
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atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America under US President Harry S. Truman.
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Sadako Sasaki (Japanese:佐々木 禎子 Sasaki Sadako, January 7, 1943 – October 25, 1955) was a Japanese girl who lived near Misasa Bridge in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Children's Peace Monument (Japanese: 原爆の子の像) is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and is located in in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, itself in
..... Click the link for more information.
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan.

Overview

The Hall was founded by the Japanese national government to mourn the a-bomb victims in 2002 and designed by Kenzo Tange.
..... Click the link for more information.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is the ceremony for the world peace.

Every year on August 6th "A-bomb Day", the City of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace.
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Hiroshima Witness, also released as Voice of Hibakusha, is a documentary film featuring 100 interviews of people who survived the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as hibakusha.
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Nagasaki Peace Park was established in 1955 near the hypocentre of the Atomic Bomb explosion. Part of the concrete wall of the Nagasaki prison, which was located here prior to the bombing, can still be seen.
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Marcel Junod (May 14, 1904 – June 16, 1961) was a Swiss doctor and one of the most accomplished field delegates in the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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Peace Boulevard (平和大通り Heiwa Odori
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The Peace Fountain is located next to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine on Manhattan's Morningside Heights section. The sculptor is Greg Wyatt, sculptor-in-residence at the Cathedral.
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Peace Tower is part of the Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario. It is joined to the Centre Block, which contains the House of Commons and Senate chambers. The Peace Tower is the tallest and most prominent symbol of the Canadian Parliament Buildings.
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Hideki Yukawa FRSE (湯川 秀樹, January 23, 1907 – September 8, 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese to win the Nobel prize.

Yukawa was born in Tokyo, on January 23, 1907.
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Tamiki Hara (原 民喜 Hara Tamiki
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This is a Japanese name; the family name is Suzuki.
Miekichi Suzuki (鈴木 三重吉
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Marcel Junod (May 14, 1904 – June 16, 1961) was a Swiss doctor and one of the most accomplished field delegates in the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
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