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ID Code A-709
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Kamiya-cho, Hondori areas
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 250
Description (A706-A709; panoramic photographs)
Looking northwest from the Shioya-cho area
Location: Shioya-cho (now, Ote-machi 2 chome)
Distance from hypocenter: approx. 250m
Formerly a financial strip of banks and insurance companies, Ote-machi road is shown with its Ujina streetcar line. Many of these ferro-concrete and brick buildings were repaired and used after the war, then later demolished. From left: Hiroshima Gas Company, Hiroshima Banker's Club, Nippon Life Insurance Company Hiroshima Branch, Sanwa Bank Hiroshima Branch, Norinchukin Bank Hiroshima Branch, Mitsui & Co., LTD. Hiroshima Office, and Chiyoda Life Insurance Company Hiroshima Branch.

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