| Description |
Taken from the center of the west wall looking toward the south wall. The brick, stylish building was constructed in 1909 on Ote-machi Street, an area that would develop as a financial district. Due to the atomic bombing, part of its roof and walls crumbled and cracks opened. The building itself leaned to the south, to the opposite side of the hypocenter, due to the A-bomb blast. Many cracks appeared in the walls. Part of the south wall (to the right in the photo) was bent into a dogleg shape by the A-bomb blast and the inside was completely destroyed by fire. The contents of the second floor vanished altogether with nothing but a safe. The building was not used again and remained as ruins till 1947. |
