| 広島平和記念公園 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park | |
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 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park | |
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| Type | Public Park for World Peace |
| Location | Hiroshima |
| Coordinates | 34°23′34″N 132°27′09″E / 34.3927°N 132.4524°E |
| Created | 1 April 1954 |
| Status | Open all year |
| Website | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park |
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). The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is visited by more than one million people each year.[1] The park is there in memory of the victims of the nuclear attack on August 6, 1945, in which the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.[2] The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was planned and designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzō Tange at Tange Lab.
The location of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was once the city's busiest downtown commercial and residential district. The park was built on an open field that was created by the explosion. Today there are a number of memorials and monuments, museums, and lecture halls, which draw over a million visitors annually. The annual 6 August Peace Memorial Ceremony, which is sponsored by the city of Hiroshima, is also held in the park.[3] The purpose of the Peace Memorial Park is not only to memorialize the victims of the bombing, but also to perpetuate the memory of nuclear horrors and advocate world peace.[4]
- ^ "入館者数概況(About the number of visitors)". Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions #1". Radiation Effects Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ Yoneyama, Lisa (1999). Hiroshima Traces. Los Angeles: University of California. ISBN 0520085868.
- ^ giamo, benedict (Dec 2003). "the myth of the vanquished: the hiroshima peace memorial museum" (Document). college park. ProQuest 223311423.