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Looking from the Western Drill Ground to Fukuya Department Store

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ID Code YKAWAHARA0004
Title Looking from the Western Drill Ground to Fukuya Department Store
Photographer Yotsugi Kawahara
Date On August 9, 1945
Location Motomachi, north side of outer moat of Hiroshima Castle, Tate-machi, Higashiuoya-cho, Ebisu-cho
Distance from hypocenter 500meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description The burned trees in the foreground used to grow on the embankment of Hiroshima Castle's outer moat. In the left background, from front are Shoko Chukin Bank Hiroshima branch office, Fukuya Department Store, and Chugoku Shimbun.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Photo collection Moment of destruction of Hiroshima
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