"Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist."
-Daisaku Ikeda (池田大作 1928-2023).
The A-Bomb Dome is officially known as the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.
The Children's Peace Monument in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Memorial Tower to the Mobilized Students in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
Looking across the Motoyasu River to the A-Bomb Dome.
The Atomic Bomb Dome and Peace Flame -which will burn until nuclear disarmament- as seen through the Memorial Cenotaph (慰霊碑).
The epitaph reads:
安らかに眠って下さい 過ちは 繰返しませぬから
'Rest in Peace, for the error shall not be repeated'
-Saika Tadayoshi (雑賀忠義).
The Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph with A-Bomb Dome in the background.
Looking down the Memorial Peace Park from the Peace Memorial Museum.
The A-Bomb Dome and Peace Flame seen through the Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph.
The A-Bomb Dome and Peace Flame seen through the Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph.