Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (広島平和記念碑, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinenhi), originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, and now commonly called the Genbaku Dome, Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム, Genbaku Dōmu), is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan.It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000).
Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshima-jō), sometimes called Carp Castle (鯉城, Rijō), is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
Sengoku period castle ruins; designation includes the sites of Takayama Castle (高山城跡), Niitakayama Castle (新高山城跡), and Mihara Castle (pictured) Teramachi temple ruins 34°25′06″N 132°59′01″E / 34.41828233°N 132.98373031°E / 34.41828233; 132.98373031 ( Teramachi temple
At the time, Hiroshima’s population was approximately 300,000. The atomic bomb immediately killed 80,000 and injured 35,000 more. By the end of 1945, 60,000 more people had died as a result of ...
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Hiroshima: 1996 775; vi (cultural) The Peace Memorial centres around the ruins of the only building left standing after the detonation of the first atomic bomb over of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Originally constructed in 1914, it was the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotional Hall.
Group of 7 leaders convene in Hiroshima and honor victims of the U.S. atomic bomb. But they have no new plans to reduce the threat of nuclear war. Last survivors of Hiroshima bombing watch as ...
The Yokomi ruins are located at the northwestern foot of the mountains in the eastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture, where the Nashiwa River joins the Nuta River. The existence of an ancient temple ruins has been known from ancient roof tiles that have been excavated from a field on the east side of the current Municipal Hongō Junior High ...