Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 6-15-2013

Last month we took the train into Hiroshima with all of these amazing plans for the day only to have them ruined by the rain. So we had to spent a good portion of the day stuck in the mall (yes I know that was pure torture!) The rain finally let up in the afternoon so we went over to Peace Park. What a sad but beautiful area to visit.

 

 

The backside of the A-Dome

The A-Bomb Dome

Below is the Memorial tower to the mobilized students. It's a monument for the students who died during the bombing and air strike. There is an audio that states:

During WW2 more than 3 million students over 12 years of age were mobilized for labor services throughout the country. As a result, more than 10 thousand students were killed including some 6 thousand killed by the atomic bomb. They gave up their youth and studies for their nation. This tower was erected by concerned families and friends to console the souls of these victims who sacrificed themselves for their homeland and who would have had a promising future had there been no war.

The Children's Peace Monument

This statue is dedicated to the memory of the children who died as a result of the bombing.

The Peace Flame with the museum building in the background

The flame has burned continuously since it was lit in 1964, and will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.

The Memorial Cenotaph, this holds the names of all of the people killed by the bomb. It is aligned to frame the Peace Flame and the A-Bomb Dome

The main building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum