A memorial monument for the 76 victims who were coal company employees, also known as Atomic Bomb Jizo.

Date of construction: August 6, 1957. This monument was erected in a corner of the park where the company building was located at the time of the bombing, and is also known as the Atomic Bomb Jizo. All 77 employees, except for one woman, died in the bombing. Inside the monument are copper plates engraved with the names of the 76 victims.

INFORMATION

business hours
Open all year round
address
730-08112-5 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture (Minami of Motoyasu Bridge Higashizume, inside Otemachi Daiichi Park)

ACCESS

730-0811 
2-5 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture (Minami of Motoyasu Bridge Higashizume, inside Otemachi Daiichi Park)

From Hiroshima Station, take the Hiroshima Electric Railway (streetcar) and get off at Atomic Bomb Dome-mae (east side of Motoyasu River, inside Otemachi Park)

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