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  • Former Bank of Japan Hiroshima Branch
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Fukuromachi 5-21
    "Even though a mere 380 meters from the blast center, this was a robust building, so it did not receive structural damage. It resumed business operations two days after the blast and was used until 1992. It's one of the buildings in the blast that remains today. Designated as an Important Cultural Property by Hiroshima City, it is open to the public. In May of 2019, a permanent display of Hiroshima City materials, the ""Modern Hiroshima History and Migration to foreign countries,"" opened in first floor basement."

    Bumped into this walking through the city streets, dont know if it had access, I didnt see any. it looks old enough to have been one of the surviving buildings, but dont think so.

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  • Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims (Memorial Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace)
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou In the Peace Memorial Park
    This cenotaph located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is officially known as the Memorial Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace. Constructed according to plans that fit the spirit of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law, the cenotaph inscription was determined in 1952 and an unveiling ceremony was held that year in August. The names of the atomic bomb victims are inscribed on a register in a stone chest that is under the granite hut, and the phrase “Let all the souls here rest in peace, for we shall not repeat the evil” is inscribed.
    Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims (Memorial Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace) image
  • Children's Peace Monument
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou 1
    A monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture; as large numbers of paper cranes are hung here year round, it is also known as the “Tower of the Thousand Paper Cranes.” The model for the figure on the top of the monument was Sadako Sasaki, a girl who died at the age of 12 due to leukemia from the atomic bombing. After her death, fund-raising efforts around the country gathered money to build the monument in 1958 to comfort the souls of children who lost their lives to the bomb and to pray for world peace. The monument is visited by many tourists as well as students on field trips.
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  • Flame of Peace
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou In the Peace Memorial Park
    The Flame of Peace (torch) is located inside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The pedestal represents the shape of two hands pressed together at the wrist, with palms outstretched towards the sky. It was built to express condolence for victims unable to satisfy their thirst for water, as well as the desire for nuclear abolition and enduring world peace. The flame was lit in 1964 and will continue to burn until nuclear weapons no longer exist. Every year the Flame of Peace Relay is held and the relay torch is lit from here and then makes a loop around the cities, towns and villages of Hiroshima Prefecture.
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  • Hiroshima Peace Bell
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou 1
    A bell built in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture which was erected in 1964 in the hop of the abolition of atomic weaponry and everlasting world peace. All visitors are free to ring the bell. The bell was designed by Living National Treasure Masahiko Katori. The bell hangs under a dome-shaped roof modeled after the cosmos and is decorated with a borderless map of the world. There are other peace bells in the park—one displayed in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum which is run on the August 6 Peace Memorial Ceremony, and another in the Peace Clock Tower which rings each morning at 8:15 a.m.
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  • Memorial Tower to the Mobilized Students
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    Hiroshima Hiroshima-shi Naka-ku Otemachi 1-10
    This memorial tower stands just to the south of the Genbaku Dome (Atomic Bomb Dome). Situated in a tree-enshrouded park, the tower is 12-meters-tall and consists of five tiers. The tower was erected to memorialize and console the spirits of approximately 10 thousand students who died during World War II after being mobilized to compensate for labor shortages, as well as those who were victims of the atomic bombing. A statue of a goddess of peace stands under the tower, and four relief panels behind the tower depict the mobilized students working. The tower was erected in 1967. Today, a service memorializing the atomic bombing is held in front of the tower each year on August 6th.
    Memorial Tower to the Mobilized Students image
  • Heiwanoto
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Peace Memorial Park
  • Omura Koi Myojin
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    Hiroshima Hiroshima-shi Nishi-ku Inokuchimyojin 2-10
  • Futabasanheiwato
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashihigashiku Hikarigaoka 1
  • Chugokugunkankushireibuato
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Motomachi Hiroshima Castle Park in Hiroshima Gokoku shrine
  • Chugoku Shikoku Dobokushucchoshoshokuinjunshokuhi
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Otemachi 1
  • Kankokujingembakugiseishaireihi
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
  • Hibakushitahakaishi
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
  • Heiwa no Ishizuka
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    Hiroshima Hiroshima-shi Naka-ku Nakajimacho Heiwa Memorial Park
  • Heiwano Watch To
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
  • Sonanoshishaireikuyoto
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
  • Gembakukuyoto
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
  • Heiwa no Izumi
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    Hiroshima Hiroshima-shi Naka-ku Nakajimacho Heiwa Memorial Park
  • Giyutainoishibumi
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
  • Hiroshima Kenritudaini Junior High Schol Ireihi
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Nakajimachou Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
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There is more than meets the eye awaiting any Hiroshima-bound traveler. Kicking off in Hiroshima city, the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Castle, and Shukkeien Garden offer a couple of days of exploring; however, the real beauty lies along the southern coast of the prefecture. There, a series of islands spreads across the Seto Inland Sea: from the mysterious sea-submerged Great Torii Gate at Miyajima Island to the first half of the islands that connect Honshu to Shikoku via six spectacular suspension bridges.

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