Cenotaph for the A-Bomb Victims

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This lies within the confines of the Hiroshima Peace Park itself. It contains the ashes of thousands of victims of the bombing on 6 August 1945.

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Photos

Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound
At 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb in human history was dropped on Hiroshima. Here are laid the ashes of tens of thousands of its victims. Being close to the hypocenter, numerous corpses were collected at this spot and cremated. The Hiroshima Memorial Service Association was established in January 1946. With donations collected from citizens, a temporary monument was built in May and a temporary cinerarium and chapel were built in July of that same year. In July 1955, as a part of the tenth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, the present memorial mound was constructed with an underground cinerarium through the leadership of the City of Hiroshima. The ashes of victims excavated around the city were placed here. Each year around August 6, memorial services are conducted by the Hiroshima Memorial Service Association, in addition to the Hiroshima Inter-Faith League and other religious groups

I didn't at first notice that the small white pebbles in this area were raked much like you would find in a Zen garden

Often Visited
This memorial has a lot of visitors. I was just able to sneak in my photos between groups