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Riverbank of Inari-machi from the roof of the Hiroshima Higashi (East) Police Station

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ID Code TKAWAMOTO0061
Title Riverbank of Inari-machi from the roof of the Hiroshima Higashi (East) Police Station
Photographer Toshio Kawamoto
Date Around the end of August 1945
Location Shimoyanagi-cho
Distance from hypocenter 1210meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives No
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description Looking east at a riverbank of Inari-machi from the roof of the Hiroshima Higashi (East) Police Station. The bridge over the Kyobashi River is Inari Bridge for streetcars, about 1,350 meters from the hypocenter. Due to the A-bomb blast and heat from fires, the streetcar tracks bent like candies. On the far right is Hijiyama Hill.
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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