Place to see: Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound marker

Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound marker

This area near the hypocenter was strewn with corpses after the bombing. Many corpses, including those pulled out of the river, were brought here and cremated.

About this place:

At the site of the August 6, 1945 nuclear blast over Hiroshima, Japan. The structure lying directly under the hypocenter of the explosion and now known as the "A-Bomb Dome" remained partially standing after the blast, and has been preserved in this state since 1945.

広島市中区中島町
Hiroshima, Hiroshima-ken, JP
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Discovered by Brian Hunziker
on 31 October 2007.
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