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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 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park marking the atomic bombing (1945). Bell rings at 8:15 AM. Evening lantern-floating ceremony on the Motoyasu River โ 10,000 lanterns for the dead.
Highlights
- โ8:15 AM commemoration bell
- โ10,000-lantern river ceremony
- โWorld-heritage Peace Memorial
- โInternational attendance
Getting There
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Genbaku Dome-mae streetcar stop โ Peace Memorial Park
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