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Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
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Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan.
Overview
The Hall was founded by the Japanese national government to mourn the atomic bomb victims in 2002. It was designed byKenzo Tange
is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*賢三, "wise, three"
*健三, "healthy, three"
*謙三, "humble, three"
*健想, "healthy, concept"
*建造, "bu ...
. There is another National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki built for the same purpose.
The Hall is in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park near Hiroshima Peace Memorial across the "Motoyasu River" by "Motoyasu Bridge". The Hall curators are collecting atomic bomb memories and stories from the survivors to mourn the victims, as the survivors are aging. They are also collecting names and photographs of atomic bomb victims for the same purpose and for the same reason. From the collection, they are developing a project to "read the stories of the atomic bombing".
Admission is free of charge.
See also
*Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the onl ...
* Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
* Hiroshima Peace Memorial
*Hiroshima Witness
''Hiroshima Witness'', also released as ''Voice of Hibakusha'', is a documentary film featuring 100 interviews of people who survived the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as hibakusha
''Hibakusha'' ( or ; ja, 被爆者 or ...
*Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
The is a commemorative monument in Nagasaki, Japan, situated next to its Atomic Bomb Museum. The Peace Park is nearby.
Like its counterpart in Hiroshima, the hall was constructed as a place to remember and pray for those who died in the 1945 a ...
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Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
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