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Shimomura Clock Shop

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ID Code SHAYASHI0007
Title Shimomura Clock Shop
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Date Between October 1 and 10, 1945
Location Hirataya-cho
Distance from hypocenter 620meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Shimomura Clock Shop. From the north looking south (The shop’s façade). The building was hit by the strong blast from the direction of the hypocenter and tilts toward the east (left); the first floor is crushed and looks as if it were a single-story building. Hondori shopping street (old Sanyo road, Saigoku Kaido) runs horizontally in front of the buckled buildings.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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