Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (広島平和記念資料館)

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Get tickets for the Peace Memorial in advance: https://hpmmuseum.jp/?lang=eng

Hiroshima was founded in 1589 as a castle town on the Ōta River delta. In 1868, after the Meiji Restoration, Hiroshima rapidly transformed into a major urban center and industrial hub. In 1889, Hiroshima officially gained city status. The city was a center of military activities during the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the two world wars.

Hiroshima was the first military target of a nuclear weapon in history. On August 6, 1945, in the Pacific theatre of World War II, at 8:15 a.m., when the United States Army Air Forces "Little Boy" on the city. Most of Hiroshima was destroyed, and by the end of the year between 90,000 and 166,000 had died as a result of the blast and its effects. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) serves as a memorial of the bombing.

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