North side of the Kamiya-cho intersection, looking from west to north at the Western Drill Ground entrance (left 3 panels of 5-panel panorama; left)
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ID Code
YKUNIHIRA0041
Title
North side of the Kamiya-cho intersection, looking from west to north at the Western Drill Ground entrance (left 3 panels of 5-panel panorama; left)
Photographer
Yukio Kunihira
Date
On August 9, 1945
Location
Motomachi
Distance from hypocenter
300meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives
No
Owner
Mainichi Newspapers
Custodian
Mainichi Newspapers,Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description
Looking west from the south side of the prewar roundabout on the north side of the Kamiya-cho intersection, north of the entrance to the Western Drill Ground. In the center is the pedestal of the collapsed Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Victory Monument (First Army War Memorial) at the Otemachi entrance to the Western Drill Ground. Behind it is the burned ruins of the Hiroshima First Army Hospital First Branch Hospital.
