Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Hiroshima)

Japan / Hiroshima / Hiroshima
 memorial, park
1 Chome-1 Nakajimacho
Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0811, Japan
Phone: +81 82-504-2390

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. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack (In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.), which led to the death of as many as 140,000 people by the end of 1945. There are a variety of monuments and buildings in the park, each dedicated to a different aspect of the bombing.

The location of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was once the city’s busiest downtown commercial and residential district. The park was built on open field that was created by the explosion. Today there are a number of memorials and monuments, museums, and lecture halls which draw over a million visitors annually. The annual 6 August Peace Memorial Ceremony, which is sponsored by the city of Hiroshima, is, also, held in the park. The purpose of the Peach Memorial Park and the city Hiroshima not only memorialized atomic victims, but also established the meaning of a memory of nuclear horrors and a world peace.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_Park
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Coordinates:   34°23'35"N   132°27'6"E

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  • I representing all Indonesians love peace and harmony. Paco!