Peace Memorial Park

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park covers over 120,000 square meters on a narrow peninsula between two rivers, built on the former administrative and commercial center of the city that was directly below the 1945 atomic bomb detonation. In 1949 the city chose to dedicate the site to remembrance rather than reconstruction. The park contains the Peace Memorial Museum designed by architect Tange Kenzo, the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims, also a Tange design from 1952 inspired by ancient clay haniwa figurines, and monuments honoring mobilized students, Korean victims, and other groups. All are within easy walking distance of each other and accessible from the A-bomb Dome along the east bank of the Motoyasu River.