Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園)
A miserable "atomic bomb dome" and a peaceful park...
- CHUGOKU SHIKOKU
- Hiroshima
- 2016.7.24 write
A miserable "atomic bomb dome" and a peaceful park...
The Peace Memorial Park (平和記念公園) was built in the vicinity of the place where the atomic bomb was dropped, hoping for a peace forever in the world. Standing in the park (central part) and looking north side, you can see the "Genbaku Dome (原爆ドーム / atomic bomb dome)" on the straight line.
The "Genbaku Dome (atomic bomb dome)" that can be seen from the "Heiwa Ohashi Bridge (平和大橋)". Even if it is near, but it looks small.
we will glad you when refered in sight-seeing.
The main building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (平和記念資料館).
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum will be renovated in April 2017.
These are few part of many 'Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park' photos.
Memorial cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims (原爆死没者慰霊碑) and Genbaku Dome (atomic bomb dorm).
Peace Memorial Statue (A statue of prayer for peace).
Statue of Genbaku-no Ko (Children's Peace Monument). Height 9m.
This is a bronze figure of a girl who died 10 years after the atomic bomb was dropped.
There is a word for peace.
The statue of a boy and a girl is a symbol of a bright future and hope.
It was created to comfort the spirits of many children who died in atomic bombing and to call for peace in the world.
In 2002, "Origami crane booth" was created.
Central part of the park.
Statue of peace kannonbosatsu (観音菩薩).
This statue was erected to comfort the victims of the northern area of the park.
A memorial monument to the Korean atomic bomb victims.
This memorial monument was erected for the victims of the atomic bombings of Koreans who worked in Hiroshima due to forced labor.
It is an atomic bomb sacrifice tower erected for the unidentified remains.
The "Peace Bell" was created with the aim of achieving a world of peaceful coexistence without warfare with all nuclear weapons.
It is characterized by a dome-shaped roof that represents the universe.
The "Genbaku Dome (atomic bomb dome)" seen from the opposite shore.
In the past, it was a building for exhibiting various products of Hiroshima prefecture.
It was the building of the European style.
photographed on July. 2016.
Before the Genbaku Dome (atomic bomb dome)
There are many foreign visitors!
Reference
Explore HIROSHIMA : Hiroshima City *English
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