Hiroshima A-Bomb 61st Anniversary

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1. Every year on the anniversary of the Atomic Bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945 people flock to the Hiroshima Peace Park to pay their respects to the victims of the bomb, as well as spread messages of peace at the Lantern Festival held on the banks of Motoyasu-gawa, the river that runs between the Peace Park and the A-Bomb Dome, one of few surviving structures from the attack. The A-Bomb dome, originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, has since become an iconic reminder of the destructive power of nuclear weapons.

Hiroshima Peace Park Memorial
Paying their respects to the victims of the A-Bomb attack on Hiroshima, 61 years ago.

Comments

  1. Thanks for these photos John. I didn’t have a dijikamu in Hiroshima and lost most of my paper ones.

    Comment by Rich Furlong — November 14, 2006 @ 12:59 am

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