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The museum is a remembrance to the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945 at 11:02:35 am. Next to the museum is the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, built in 2003. The bombing marked a new era in war, making Nagasaki a symbolic location for a memorial. [1]
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Designed by architect Akira Kuryu, the memorial was constructed between November 2000 and December 2002. [1] The subterranean interior of the building contains a reference area, a large conference room, an anteroom with a bank of monitors showing photographs of the victims, and a stylized remembrance hall in which 12 pillars of light symbolize hope for peace. [2]
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Camera model: NIKON D850: Exposure time: 1/250 sec (0.004) F-number: f/7.1: ISO speed rating: 64: Date and time of data generation: 16:51, 17 April 2019: Lens focal length: 44 mm: Latitude: 34° 23′ 46.61″ N: Longitude: 132° 27′ 9.5″ E: Altitude: 10.47 meters above sea level: Short title: Atomic Bomb Dome and Motoyaso River, Hiroshima ...
The Monument for Korean Atomic Victims is located in Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan. At the time of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, there were many people of nationalities other than Japanese that were living in the area. There were an estimated 12,000 to 14,000 Koreans living in Nagasaki during the bombing. It is believed that up to ...
TOKYO — U.S. and other Western ambassadors to Japan are skipping an atomic bombing peace memorial in Nagasaki on Friday after Israel was not invited over what the city’s mayor said were ...