Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
Saturday, 5. August 2006, 23:50:55
Atomic bomb was dropped at the center of Hiroshima at 8:15, August 6, 1945 - 61 years ago.
Every year the City of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the souls of those who were lost due to the atomic bombing as well as pray for the realization of everlasting world peace. This ceremony, which is attended by many citizens, including those who lost family members in the bombing, is held in front of the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims (Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace). The Peace Declaration, which is delivered by the Mayor of Hiroshima during the ceremony, is sent to every country in the world thus conveying Hiroshima's wish for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of eternal world peace. At exactly 8:15 a.m., the time the atomic bomb was dropped, the Peace Bell is rung, sirens sound all over the city and for one minute people at the ceremony grounds, in households and in workplaces pay silent tribute to the victims of the atomic bombing and pray for the realization of everlasting world peace.
This story was excerpted from Hiroshima city web site.
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/shimin/shikiten/shikiten-e.html
This "Genbaku dome" is excerpted from Wikimedia Commons.
I was born in Hiroshima and grew up. Dropping atomic bomb should be never repeated.
Every year the City of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the souls of those who were lost due to the atomic bombing as well as pray for the realization of everlasting world peace. This ceremony, which is attended by many citizens, including those who lost family members in the bombing, is held in front of the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims (Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace). The Peace Declaration, which is delivered by the Mayor of Hiroshima during the ceremony, is sent to every country in the world thus conveying Hiroshima's wish for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the realization of eternal world peace. At exactly 8:15 a.m., the time the atomic bomb was dropped, the Peace Bell is rung, sirens sound all over the city and for one minute people at the ceremony grounds, in households and in workplaces pay silent tribute to the victims of the atomic bombing and pray for the realization of everlasting world peace.
This story was excerpted from Hiroshima city web site.
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/shimin/shikiten/shikiten-e.html
This "Genbaku dome" is excerpted from Wikimedia Commons.
I was born in Hiroshima and grew up. Dropping atomic bomb should be never repeated.
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Curtis # 14. August 2006, 18:06
I too have visited this memorial, and was deeply moved by the experience.
Kenji # 20. August 2006, 10:48
I hope that we can get world peace some day, but I know that it's difficult one. I was born and grow in Hiroshima, so I learned peace many times.
Chris Osborne # 24. August 2006, 16:54
Good to see you've posted lots of entries here, went home and then straight to the 'Secret Garden Party'.
See lots of pics here
Anonymous # 7. August 2007, 16:39
That we allow something as hideous as the bomb to exist in this world is a sad testimony to the heart of man. May the sadness and suffering that befell the world that day never be repeated.