all alone
in silence at the dome,
Hiroshima Day
黙然とひとりドームにヒロシマ忌
-Shigemoto Yasuhiko (重本泰彦).
Perhaps the most iconic anti-nuclear symbol of our times, the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall was built in 1915 and was immortalized on August 6th 1945.
A tour boat passes in front of the A-Bomb Dome on the Motoyasu River.
Old photo of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now better known as the A-Bomb Dome.
Close up of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.
View of the A-Bomb Dome from above.
Everyone inside the Promotion Hall, which was almost at the epicenter of the blast, was killed instantly.
Following the city's destruction the hall was scheduled for demolition, but in 1966 it was decided that the renamed 'Atomic Bomb Dome' (原爆ドーム) would become a memorial.
The A-Bomb Dome, now preserved as a reminder of the horrors of nuclear war.
Photograph of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The A-Bomb Dome is one of the only structures left standing.
Silhouette of the A-Bomb Dome at twilight.
Reflection of the A-Bomb Dome in a puddle.
