Feeling peace in front of Hiroshima Station...A Peace Corner has been set up on the first floor of the new Hiroshima Television building. Objects and monuments of songs wishing for peace are on display. ○HIROSHIMA AIR CLOCKBy Yoko Ono2015Clock body: 3,000mm (height) x 1,770mm (width) x 720mm (depth)Made by Yoko Ono, who has a heartfelt wish for Hiroshima to be seen as a vibrant city. It will send a message of peace from Hiroshima to the world. ○"One Pencil" monumentA monument to the song "One Pencil" (lyrics: Matsuyama Zenzo, music: Sato Masaru), which was first sung by singer Misora Hibari at the "First Hiroshima Peace Music Festival" (1974) proposed by Hiroshima TelevisionA typeface (peace font) made from letters submitted by citizens is used. A video of the Hiroshima Peace Music Festival when Misora Hibari appeared can be viewed on the attached monitor. A second generation A-bombed cherry tree was planted next to the entrance of Ikari Shrine in Hiroshima City (Hiroshima Kukencho, Naka Ward, Hiroshima City), which was grafted from a cherry tree that had revived after the atomic bombing.
INFORMATION
- price
- free entrance
- address
- 3-5-4 Futaba no Sato, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima-shi Hiroshima TV Headquarters Hiro TV Building 1F
- Phone Number
- 082-207-0404