Place to see: Hiroshima Peace Memorial, Hiroshima-ken, Japan
Peace Cranes at Hiroshima Peace Park
he paper crane has become an international symbol of peace in recent years as a result of it's connection to the story of a young Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki born in 1943. Sadako was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945.
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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