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ID Code A-870
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 960
Description Hiroshima Castle Tower
Location: Moto-machi
Distance from hypocenter: approx. 960m
Witnesses say that the five-story castle tower, a symbol of Hiroshima, crumbled all at once with an eerie earth-shaking rumble. Reconstructed in 1958 prior to the Hiroshima Grand Fair of Reconstruction, today's castle tower watches over the city.

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