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Hiroshima
The Peace Park
The Peace Park
16-Aug-1997
This view looks towards the children's monument.
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Hiroshima
The City of Yokohama - Peace declaration
16-Aug-1997
Bilingual versions
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Hiroshima
The City of Yokohama - Peace declaration
16-Aug-1997
The English version
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Hiroshima
The Peace Park - Cenotaph
16-Aug-1997
The main shrine of rememberance in the Peace Park. Behind the arch is a platform with an everlasting flame.
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Hiroshima - Peace Park
The Peace Park - The Cenotaph
16-Aug-1997
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Hiroshima - Peace Park
The flame of peace
16-Aug-1997
Behind the flame, which really isn't visible, is the cenotaph and the museum.
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Hiroshima - Peace Park
The A Dome
16-Aug-1997
The A Dome, recognised by the United Nations as a World Heritage site, was the one building, which, although substantially damaged, was left standing after the atomic bomb exploded. The people of Hiroshima have pledged to maintain the building in its current state "forever" as a symbol.
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Hiroshima - Peace Park
The Children's Monument
16-Aug-1997
The children's monument is in the shape of a folded paper crane (the bird). It was erected in ths form because of the activities of one young girl who believed that she would survive if she made 1000 folded paper cranes. She made the cranes but died. Now children from all over Japan and further beyond make cranes as a sign of peace and bring them to the chldren's monument in Hiroshima.
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Hiroshima - Peace Park
Paper cranes
16-Aug-1997
The large bird in this collage is made up of hundreds of small paper cranes and is leaning on the enormous heap left by other children.
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