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ID Code RA-147
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Provider Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Location Moto-machi, Hakushima areas
Distance from the Hypocenter (m) 450
Description (RA143-RA152; panoramic photographs)
Looking east from the approach to Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
Location: Moto-machi
Distance from hypocenter: approx. 450m
A 180-degree panoramic shot facing east from just north of where Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium stands today. The hypocenter is to the right of the shrine approach. To the left lie the ruins of Annex One of Hiroshima First Army Hospital. The ravaged willow trees attest to the violence of the blast.

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