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Hiroshima is the largest city in the Chugoku region, in the west of the Japanese island of Honshu. It is known for being the first city to be destroyed by a nuclear explosion. The city was founded in 1589 by Mori Terumoto and prospered over the next centuries due to the lack of military conflicts. Starting from the Meiji period at the end of the 19th century the city developed as a major industrial centre and harbour.
At the end of world war II, on August 6th, 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb on the city completely destroying the city centre and causing the direct and indirect death of 140000 people. Áfter the war the city was rebuilt and developed again into a major economic and industrial centre. The centre of Hiroshima, where the nuclear bomb exploded, has been dedicated to the Peace Memorial Park, an area with several monuments and memorials.
01 A-bomb dome
06 Memorial tower to the mobilised students
07 Statue and paper crane chains
08 Paper crane chains
09 Peace bell
11 Children peace monument
13 Schoolchildren assembling at Children peace monument
15 Statue of Sadako Sasaki
19 Children peace monument - Boxes containing chains of paper cranes
20 Schoolchildren contributing paper crane chains
22 Cenotaph monument
25 Schoolchildren assembling in front of Cenotaph
26 Peace memorial museum
27 Model of A-bomb explosion
01 Hiroshima skyline
03 Modern street with buildings
05 Buildings and communications tower
06 Communications tower
07 Street in downtown Hiroshima
08 Fukuya department store
09 Subway to metro station
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