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From the rooftop of the Chugoku Shimbun new building looking northwest

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ID Code SHAYASHI0015
Title From the rooftop of the Chugoku Shimbun new building looking northwest
Photographer Shigeo Hayashi
Date Between October 1 and 10, 1945
Location Kaminagarekawa-cho
Distance from hypocenter 870meters
Existence of phorographic nagatives Yes
Owner Hiroshima City
Custodian Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Description The remains of Kabuki-za theater are in the center. From the left: Fukuya Department Store's old building and the West Drill Ground. From the right rear: the head office of Hiroshima City Credit Cooperative, a warehouse of Hiroshima Prefecture Nogyokai (present Japan Agricultural Cooperatives), the ruins of Hiroshima Castle, and the 5th Divisional Headquarters building No.1. The road running across the center is the outer moat of the ruins of Hiroshima Castle [Hatchobori]. The burned areas are, from the foreground: Hatchobori and Motomachi.
Record of publication in literature, exhibition Listed in Peace Database of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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