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ID Code A-780
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Peace Memorial Park vicinity
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 130
Description Looking east along the streetcar street from Sarugaku-cho
Location: Sarugaku-cho (now, Ote-machi 1 chome)
Distance from hypocenter: approx. 130m
The streetcar street that ran east and west through the city center is the current Aioi-dori Avenue. On the rise of land to the left are the ruins of turret No. 1 on what had been the outer moat of Hiroshima Castle. The photo shows someone shouldering large belongings and others who have loaded their household possessions onto large carts or trucks.

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