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A-bomb Artifacts

ID Code 3108-0004
Artifact Name Buckle
Donor
Receiving Date 1979/05/16
Size (W×H×D) (mm) 90×30
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 500
Number 1
Location Kamiya-cho, Hondori areas
Description Takasi Shimada (then 13) was a first-year student at Sanyo Junior High School. He was exposed to the bomb near Shirakami Shrine on the way to his building demolition work site near Zakoba-cho (now Kokutaiji-machi). He was badly injured and taken to Ninoshima Island, where he died the following day (August 7).

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