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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
High crowdChugokuHiroshima, Hiroshima
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Date
August 6
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Region
Chugoku
About this festival
Solemn annual ceremony at HiroshimaPR Peace Memorial Park marking the atomic bombing (1945). Bell rings at 8:15 AM. Evening lantern-floating ceremony on the Motoyasu River — 10,000 lanterns for the dead.
Highlights
- ✓8:15 AM commemoration bell
- ✓10,000-lantern river ceremony
- ✓World-heritage Peace Memorial
- ✓International attendance
Getting There
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Genbaku Dome-mae streetcar stop — Peace Memorial Park
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