If there is one area at Memorial Peace Park where people are in line to pay their respects to the victims of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, it’s at the Memorial Cenotaph at Memorial Peace Park.
The Memorial Monument for Hiroshima, City of Peace, the cenotaph was erected on August 1952.
On the plaque reads “Let’s All the Souls Here Rest in Peace, For We Shall Not Repeat the Evil”.
Also, one can read the following:
This monument embodies the hope that Hiroshima, devastated on 6, August 1945 by the world’s first atomic bombing will stand forever as a city of peace. The stone chamber in the center contains the Register of Deceased A-Bomb Victims. The inscription on the front panel offers a prayer for the peaceful repose of the victims and a pledge on behalf of all humanity never to repeat the evil of war. It expresses the spirit of Hiroshima – enduring grief, transcending hatred, pursuing harmony and prosperity for all, and yearning for genuine, lasting world peace.
One would want to get in line and allow each person to pay their respect to the victims and also others use the their time to take photos. Once you get to the front, you will see that between the cenotaph, it leads directly to the Genbanku Dome.
The Memorial Cenotaph currently holds more than 290,000 names of those who lost their lives to the atomic bomb and new names are discovered and added to the list every year.
The cenotaph was designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Tange Kenzo, the man who also designed the Memorial Park.
