The "Hiroshima Flame of Prayer" lit on the monument continues to burn to comfort the souls of those who died in the atomic bombing and to pray for nuclear abolition and permanent peace.
[Date of construction] August 1, 2007 [Constructor] NHK Hiroshima Broadcasting Station [History] The monument is lit with two flames, one from the "Flame of Peace" in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the other from the "Flame of Peace" in Hoshino Village, Fukuoka Prefecture. The "Flame of Peace" is the "flame of the atomic bomb" that Tatsuo Yamamoto, a native of Hoshino Village, brought back from the ruins of Hiroshima in 1945 as a memento of a relative who died in the atomic bombing. Yamamoto, who was also exposed to the atomic bomb, continued to keep the flame burning at his home, saying that he must not forget "Hiroshima," where so many precious lives were lost. After that, in 1968, this flame was handed over to Hoshino Village as the "Flame of Peace," and it continues to burn even today, far away from Hiroshima. The "Flame of Prayer of Hiroshima" lit on the monument continues to burn to comfort the souls of those who died in the atomic bombing, and in the hope of nuclear abolition and permanent peace.
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