Hiroshima, Japan
Children's Peace Monument
The Children's Peace Monument is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia on October 25, 1955 from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
- City
- Hiroshima
- Country
- Japan
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Hiroshima
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Hiroshima Castle
- Shukkei-en
- Hiroshima Botanical Garden
- Hiroshima Museum of Art
Background: Wikipedia