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ID Code 3502-0019
Artifact Name Pocket watch
Donor SUGIYAMA Ryo、MORIKAWA Miyuki
Receiving Date 1994/07/28
Size (W×H×D) (mm)
Distance from the Hypocenter(m) 300
Number 1
Location Kamiya-cho, Hondori areas
Description Pocket watch used to identify a victim
Donated by Ryo Sugiyama and Miyuki Morikawa
Approx. 300m from the hypocenter Kawaya-cho (now, Hondori)
Ryo and Miyuki's father, Iwao (then, 54), was exposed at the bank where he worked. Miyuki (then, 25) began searching the city the next day. Some days later, in the rubble of the bank, she found her father’s body, charred black in the lower torso. Miyuki gathered pieces of wood and cremated his body.

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