1.Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park ・Shimane/Hiroshima/Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan | ||||||
Nishi-Chūgoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park (西中国山地国定公園, Nishi-Chūgoku-sanchi Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Shimane Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.[2][3] It was founded on 10 January 1969 and has an area of 285.53 km2 (110.24 sq mi).[4] | ||||||
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2.Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park ・Tottori/Shimane/Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan | ||||||
Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park (比婆道後帝釈国定公園, Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that spans areas of Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, and Hiroshima Prefecture, to the east of the island of Honshu, Japan.[1][2] It was founded on 24 July 1963 and has an area of 78.08 square kilometres (78,080,000 m2).[3] As its name suggests, the Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park is composed of a series of mountains and ravines in the middle of the Chūgoku Mountains.[4] The park has virgin forests of Japanese beeches, Japanese oaks, Japanese horse-chestnuts and interesting ferns. Fauna include the Asiatic black bear, Japanese macaque, mountain hawk eagle and the Japanese giant salamander. Lake Shinryū is also a component of the park. | ||||||
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3.Hiroshima Peace Memorial ・Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||
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.[1] | ||||||
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4.Kenzō Tange | ||||||
Kenzō Tange (丹下 健三, Tange Kenzō, 4 September 1913 – 22 March 2005)[1] was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for Architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and designed major buildings on five continents. His career spanned the entire second half of the twentieth century, producing numerous distinctive buildings in Tokyo, other Japanese cities and cities around the world, as well as ambitious physical plans for Tokyo and its environments.[2] | ||||||
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5.Human Shadow Etched in Stone ・34°23′30.5″N 132°27′7.5″E / 34.391806°N 132.452083°E / 34.391806; 132.452083Japan Hiroshima Prefecture | ||||||
Human Shadow Etched in Stone (人影の石, hitokage no ishi)[2] is an exhibition at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. It is thought to be the residue of a person who was sitting at the entrance of Hiroshima Branch of Sumitomo Bank when the atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima. It is also known as Human Shadow of Death[1] or simply the Blast Shadow. | ||||||
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6.Jan Letzel | ||||||
Jan Letzel (9 April 1880 – 26 December 1925) was a Czech architect. He is most famous for designing a building in Hiroshima whose ruins are now the A-Bomb Dome or Peace Memorial. | ||||||
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7.Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park ・Dobutsuen, Asa-cho, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima | ||||||
Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park (広島市安佐動物公園, Hiroshima-shi Asa Dōbutsukōen) is a zoo in Hiroshima, Japan. | ||||||
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8.Hiroshima City Transportation Museum ・2-12-2 Chorakuji, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima | ||||||
The Hiroshima City Transportation Museum (広島市交通科学館, Hiroshima-shi Kōtsū Kagakukan) is a transport museum in Hiroshima, Japan, opened in March 1995. | ||||||
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9.Hiroshima Botanical Garden | ||||||
The Hiroshima Botanical Garden (広島市植物公園, Hiroshima-shi Shokubutsu Kōen) is located in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima in western Honshū, on the hill facing the Seto Inland Sea. The Garden was opened to the public on 3 November 1976. Since its inception, the Garden has been adding to its collection of exotic as well as indigenous plants. The Garden has a collection of plants and flowers from several parts of the world, and has been organized in a number of display houses. It also has several Japanese classical horticultural plants such as morning glory and Japanese primrose. | ||||||
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10.Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park ・Hiroshima | ||||||
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 Park is visited by more than one million people each year.[1] The park is there in memory of the victims of the nuclear attack on August 6, 1945, in which the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.[2] The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was planned and designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzō Tange at Tange Lab. | ||||||
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Created: April 1, 1954 | ||||||
11.Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center ・4-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima | ||||||
Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center (広島県立総合体育館, Hiroshima Kenritsu Sōgō Taiikukan) is an indoor arena located in Hiroshima, Japan. The original arena was built sometime shortly after World War II. The arena was rebuilt for the 1994 Asian Games.[citation needed] It hosted some of the group games for the 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship and the official 2006 Basketball World Championship. | ||||||
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12.Hiroshima Children's Museum ・5-83 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||
The Hiroshima Children's Museum (広島市こども文化科学館 Hiroshima-shi Kodomo Bunka Kagakukan) is a science museum for children in Hiroshima, Japan. | ||||||
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13.Hiroshima Museum of Art ・3-2 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima | ||||||
The Hiroshima Museum of Art (ひろしま美術館, Hiroshima Bijutsukan) is an art museum founded in 1978. It is located in the Hiroshima Central Park in Hiroshima, Japan. | ||||||
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14.Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (1957) ・5-25, Moto-machi,Naka-ku, Hiroshima | ||||||
First Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (初代広島市民球場, Shodai Hiroshima Shimin Kyūjō) was a stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. It opened in 1957 and held 31,984 people.It stood in the central area of Hiroshima across from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. | ||||||
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15.Children's Peace Monument ・Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||
The Children's Peace Monument (原爆の子の像, Genbaku no Ko no Zō, lit. "Atomic Bomb Children Statue") is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. | ||||||
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Created: May 5, 1958 | ||||||
16.Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims | ||||||
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan. The Hall was founded by the Japanese national government to mourn the atomic bomb victims in 2002. It was designed by Kenzo Tange. There is another National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki built for the same purpose. | ||||||
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17.Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony | ||||||
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is an annual Japanese vigil. Every August 6, "A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Participants include the families of the deceased and people from all over the world. The first ceremony was held in 1947 by the then Hiroshima Mayor Shinzo Hamai. | ||||||
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18.Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum ・1-2 Nakajima-chō, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated to documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. The museum was established in August 1955 with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (now the International Conference Center Hiroshima [ja]). It is the most popular of Hiroshima's destinations for school field-trips from all over Japan and for international visitors. 53 million people had visited the museum from its opening in 1955 through 2005, averaging over one million visitors per year. The architect of the main building was Kenzō Tange. | ||||||
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19.Miyoshi Athletic Stadium ・ Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan | ||||||
Miyoshi Athletic Stadium (みよし運動公園陸上競技場) is an athletic stadium in Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan. | ||||||
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20.Momijidani Park ・Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima | ||||||
Momijidani Park (紅葉谷公園, Momijidani-Kōen) is one of the most famous maple leaves valley parks in Japan. The park is located at the foot of Mt. Misen, along Momijidani River, behind Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima. There are more than 200 maples, including 110 acer palmatum thunberg, 60 palmatum var. matsumurae, 10 acer rufinerve, acer buergerianum, acer sieboldianum miquel and acer amoenum carriere var. amoenum. | ||||||
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