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Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, / ˌ h ɪr oʊ ˈ ʃ iː m ə /, also UK: / h ɪ ˈ r ɒ ʃ ɪ m ə /, [2] US: / h ɪ ˈ r oʊ ʃ ɪ m ə /, [çiɾoɕima] ⓘ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391.
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. *Itsukushima 厳島 Itsukushima: Hatsukaichi: island home of the Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty [5] (see List of National Treasures of Japan (Shrines)
Hiroshima the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List [ 6 ] 34°23′34″N 132°27′09″E / 34.39284707°N 132.45251203°E / 34.39284707; 132.45251203 ( Peace Memorial
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Hiroshima: 1996 775; vi (cultural) The Peace Memorial centres around the ruins of the only building left standing after the detonation of the first atomic bomb over of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Originally constructed in 1914, it was the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotional Hall.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan.It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000).
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (広島平和記念碑, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinenhi), originally the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, and now commonly called the Genbaku Dome, Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム, Genbaku Dōmu), is part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.