Hiroshima+Photos

High-rise buildings line the downtown streets, but the park is filled with green, an appropriate place to pray for world peace. ||
 * Peace Memorial Park and the Heart of Hiroshima
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This is the A--bomb dome - part of the Peace Memorial Park now, but is one of the only things left from whe the bombing occured on August 6, 1945. This is all that is left fo the former Industrial Promotion Hall. This is close to the hypocenter, or ground zero, where the bomb was actually droped. This has now been preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.



Other sites we will want to get pictures of include:

The arch of the Cenotaph:

The Children's Memorial with the paper cranes:



The Flame for Peace that will not be extinguished until all nuclear weapons are eliminated.



There is the Peace Bell which visitors can ring:



This is memorial mound which contained the ashes of tens of thousands of people creamated on this spot:



Hiroshima Castle which was destroyed in the bombing has been completely reconstructed:

After the bombing: