menu

Top PagePhotosDetails

Photos

ID Code A-791
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 330
Description Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
Location: Moto-machi
Distance from hypocenter: approx. 330m
Moved from Futaba-no-sato in 1934, Hiroshima Shokonsha was rebuilt and renamed Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine in 1939. All shrine buildings were lost to the A-bomb fire. The front building stood on the foundation in the foreground and the main building stood on the higher foundation in the background.

Back

Page Top