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Peace Boulevard
is one of the main streets in Hiroshima, Japan, which faces the south side of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The street is wide and runs {{convert, 3.6, km, abbr=off from east to west, between Tsurumi-cho and Fukushima-cho within the green belt. There are 5 bridges connecting to the street including the west and east Peace Bridges by Isamu Noguchi. The west-end bridge connects to "Nishi Hiroshima Station" and the east-end bridge connects to "Hijiyama Park" History * The construction was started by citizens and students in 1945, the year World War II ended, as a buffer zone to protect the spread of radiation. * On 6 August 1945, tens of thousands of citizens and students were killed by the a-bomb. The exact number of victims is still unknown. * The plan to build the Peace Boulevard, the Hiroshima Castle, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the Hiroshima Chūō Park were formalized in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law of 1948. * In the mid-1950s, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshima Peace Blvd East
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011. Hiroshima was founded in 1589 as a castle town on the Ōta River river delta, delta. Following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Hiroshima rapidly transformed into a major urban center and industrial hub. In 1889, Hiroshima officially gained city status. The city was a center of military activities during the Empire of Japan, imperial era, playing significant roles such as in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the two world wars. Hiroshima was the first military target of a nuclear weapon in human history. This occurred on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, dropped the atomic bomb "Little B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
