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From atop Hijiyama Hill, looking southwest at the whole city of Hiroshima

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ID Code TKAWAMOTO0037
Title From atop Hijiyama Hill, looking southwest at the whole city of Hiroshima
Photographer Toshio Kawamoto
Date End of 1945
Location Hijiyama Hill
Distance from hypocenter 1980meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Looking southwest in the direction of the Koi area from Hijiyama Hill, about 1,980 meters from the hypocenter. Over the Kyobashi River on the left, is Hiroshima University of Literature and Science, in the center is Hiroshima City Hall, and on the right is the headquarters of tChugoku Haiden (present-day Chugoku Electric Power Company) .
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in the “Peace Database” of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum website,The photo collection “The Moment of Hiroshima’s Destruction”
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