A monument commemorating the 250 volunteers from Kawauchi Village who left behind their families and became victims of the atomic bomb.

Established August 6, 1964 Volunteer Volunteer Volunteer Corps were organized in various places in 1945 in preparation for the mainland battle. For girls, all citizens between the ages of 17 and 40 were enrolled. On August 6, 250 members of the volunteer corps from Kawauchi Village were engaged in building demolition work near Nakajima Shinmachi, about 600m from the hypocenter, and all of them died. The victims were all the main workers in their families, and the elderly, children, and women who were left behind had a hard life.

INFORMATION

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Open all year round
address
730-08111 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture (main river bank, northwest of the International Conference Center)

ACCESS

730-0811 
1 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture (main river bank, northwest of the International Conference Center)

From Hiroshima Station, take the Hiroshima Electric Railway (streetcar) and get off at Atomic Bomb Dome-mae, or from Hiroshima Station, take the Hiroshima Bus bound for Yoshijima Office and get off at Peace Memorial Park. Along the main river on the west side of the Hiroshima International Conference Center.

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