| ID Code | TKAWAMOTO0040 |
|---|---|
| Title | Looking east from ruins of Kaikosha Hall near Kyoguchimon Gate |
| Photographer | Toshio Kawamoto |
| Date | Around November 1945 |
| Location | Motomachi |
| Distance from hypocenter | 715meters |
| Existence of phorographic nagatives | No |
| Owner | Hiroshima City |
| Custodian | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| Description | Ruins of the main gate of Kaikosha Hall near Kyoguchimon Gate, about 715 meters from the hypocenter. In the center background are Hiroshima Nagarekawa Church and the Hiroshima Higashi (East) Police Station. From the far right are the old building of the Fukuya Department Store, the new building of the Chugoku Shimbun and the Hiroshima branch of Japan Kangyo Bank. |
| 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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