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effects. Poignant exhibits include VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
a half-melted bronze Buddha,
a mangled tricycle, and the Practical Information
imprint of a dark shadow on Hiroshima prefecture.
the granite steps of the Sumi- * 1,172,000. n at Memorial
tomo Bank building – the sole Park.(082) 247-6738.
remains of someone who _ Flower Festival (May 3, 4, 5);
was sitting there at the time. Peace Memorial Ceremony
Outside the museum are (Aug 6). ∑ hiroshima-navi.or.jp
the so-called Phoenix trees The Flame of Peace, fringed by Transport
which were growing 1.5 km sculpted bushes k Hiroshima airport 40 km
(1 mile) from the hypocenter. (25 miles) E. £ Shin kansen
Trans planted here since, they Hiroshima Castle was line. g
still show scorch marks on one destroyed in the bomb,
side of their crowns. but a faithful reconstruction
was completed in 1958. The Y Shukkei-en Garden
Other Sights in Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Nr Shukkei-en-mae stop.
A look at the city’s other Art was designed by world- Open daily. &
attrac tions helps to dispel the renowned Japanese architect E Hiroshima Castle
gloom that descends on some Kurokawa Kisho and houses v Kamiya-cho. Open daily. &
visitors to the Peace Memorial a collection of modern, post- P Museum of Contemporary Art
Park. A relaxing spot is the war art. An outdoor sculpture v Hijiyama-shita. Open Tue–Sun. &
Shukkei-en stroll garden. Its garden is attached to the
pond, is lets, streams, miniature mu seum. The fascinating P Hiroshima Children’s
bridges, and pine-studded Hiroshima Children’s Museum Museum
banks care fully replicate scenes has lots of hands-on equipment 10-min walk from Genbaku-dome
from a legendary lake in China. and displays. mae. Open Tue–Sun.
Children’s Peace
Peace Memorial Park Monument, surrounded
The park was built in the 1950s, covering an area Honkawa River by paper cranes
close to the hypocenter of the blast. The half-melted
wreckage of the Industrial Promotion Hall (A-Bomb
Dome) is the only remnant from the destruction. A I O I B R I D G E
Scores of monuments have been erected on behalf
of different groups of victims. The main memorials
of interest to foreign visitors are shown here.

M OTOYA S U B R I D G E

The Cenotaph, erected in memory of the
victims of the bombing

Sights at a Glance H O N K AWA B R I D G E
1 A-Bomb Dome
2 Peace Bell Motoyasu River
3 Memorial Mound Honkawa River
4 Children’s Peace Monument
5 Flame of Peace
6 Cenotaph
7 Phoenix Trees
8 Peace Memorial Museum
0 meters 250 PEACE BRIDGE
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