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.
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.