Lantern Floating Ceremony
Every year on the evening of August 6 thousands of people make their way to banks of the Motoyasu River
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Peace Memorial Ceremony
The Peace Memorial Ceremony is held each year in memory of the victims of the atomic bomb which was dropped
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A Summer Evening of Prayer & Peace
On the night of August 5, the string of temples and shrines in Futaba-no-sato, originally constructed to protect the castle
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US POWs and the A-bomb
This fascinating and touching 45 minute documentary commissioned by Hiroshima TV investigates the final days of two American POWs who
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park clean up
GetHiroshima joined up with EARTH Hiroshima at the clean up event, held every year in the run up to the
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Hiroshima TV to make A-bomb documentaries available in English
Local broadcaster will stream several of its A-bomb related documentaries on its website from August 6, the 72nd anniversary of
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A-bombed tram to run again in 2017
Hiroden’s restored A-bombed streetcar will make 16 runs over 8 days this summer.
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A-bomb Survivor Testimony in English
Opportunity to hear A-bomb survivor testimony in English in the Peace Memorial Museum. No reservations required and free of charge.
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Look Up Art Action
This “art action”, held every year since 2013, aims to “transform the target” by focusing on the perspective of the
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Peace on Your Wings : Sadako Sasaki Muscial
On a recent visit to Hawaii, I was able to make the final performance of the new original musical “Peace
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MAYA MAXX Paint It Peace
Well known Japanese artist and illustrator, MAYA MAXX, has been doing a large scale live painting event in Hiroshima on
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Hiroshima 70 Peace Commemorations
Here is a compilation of the various events taking place around Hiroshima to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the A-bombing.
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Father Michael Lapsley Talk
Father Michael Lapsley, a South African Anglican priest, is a former anti-apartheid activist who has turned his personal tragedy into
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A-bombed tram back on the rails this summer
One of only two of the seventy trams running on the morning of August 6, 1945 to survive the A-bombing
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A conversation with Arthur Binard
Arthur Binard has won awards for his Japanese poetry and has translated some of the world’s most beloved children’s books
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Interview Your Kids About Hiroshima for GetHiroshima Magazine
We would love to have your kids take part in an interesting article for the summer issue of GetHiroshima Magazine:
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Hiroshima Lies – Kikujiro Fukushima Photo Exhibition
Born in 1921, Kikujiro Fukushima came of age during the height of Japan’s imperial expansion, and as a young man
Read morePeace Park 平和公園
Hiroshima’s Peace Park (Heiwa-Koen 平和公園) is in the center (Naka-ku) of Hiroshima city. It is the location of the Peace
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GH Jnr: Chim↑Pom “Hiroshima!!!!!” Exhibition
I went to the Chim↑Pom exhibition at the Kyunichigin with my dad tonight. It was free to go in. Inside the
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Andersen considering pulling down A-bombed building
Local bakery, Andersen, is considering pulling down the building which has housed its flagship store on Hondori since 1967. The
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Look Up & Transform the Target
On August 6th, 1945 at 8:15am, the T-junction bridge at Peace Park was how the pilots targeted Hiroshima and dropped
Read moreA-bomb Dome going under cover again
Hiroshima’s iconic A-bomb Dome will be once more going under scaffolding later this month. Surveyors plan to extract pieces from
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The Former Bank of Japan, Hiroshima Branch Building (Kyu-nichi-gin)
The A-bomb destroyed virtually everything on the ground within approximately 2 kilometers of the bomb’s hypocenter. A few structures did,
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day, 2012
Photos from Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day, August 6 2012.
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Peace Pagoda
One of the first things people notice when they arrive in Hiroshima on the shinkansen bullet train is the bulbous
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“Hiroshima and Peace” Summer Course, Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for this year’s “Hiroshima and Peace” intensive summer courses at Hiroshima City University to be held July 31
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Shift in tone by Hiroshima governor Hidehiko Yuzaki on US trip
The tone of the reported remarks made by Hiroshima governor Hidehiko Yuzaki on his current US trip seems to be
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A-bomb Dome
The A-bomb dome (Genbaku dome 原爆ドーム）are the iconic remains of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. It has become a
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Guerilla art group Chim↑Pom pull exhibition after “Pika” sky drawing controversy
Chris Salzburg at Global Voices Online has picked up on a local controversy that unfolded last week.
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