Hiroshima Peace Memorial - Hiroshima, Japan
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N 34° 23.704 E 132° 27.220
53S E 265917 N 3808900
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly called the Genbaku Dome, the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome, is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan.
Waymark Code: WM195D2
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Date Posted: 11/28/2023
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From Atlas Obscura: "On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., a U.S. bomber dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare over the city of Hiroshima.
Estimates of the number killed vary from 90,000 to 166,000 people radiating from the bomb’s hypocenter, or mid-air detonation, with at least half killed in the first seconds of the blast, and others perishing of radiation injuries up to four months after the blast.
A building exactly at ground zero was partly destroyed, but a piece remained standing, making it “the building closest to the hypocenter of the nuclear bomb that remained at least partially standing.” It has been preserved as a reminder of the awful event.
The museum in the Peace Park faces the A-bomb dome and contains relics of the explosion which includes “clothing, watches, hair, and other personal effects worn by victims of the bomb” and “a section that looks at what happened to wood, stone, metal, glass, and flesh from the heat” and details about the health effects suffered by humans from the radiation from the blast." (
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In December 1996, the Genbaku Dome was registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list based on the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. Its inclusion into the UNESCO list was based on its survival from a destructive force (atomic bomb), the first use of nuclear weapons on a human population, and its representation as a symbol of peace. (
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Note: The fourth photo shows the cenotaph commemorating the victims of the atomic bomb. In the center of the monument we can see the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in the distance. The fifth photo shows the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum which contains relics from the explosion.