Honkawa Elementary School Atomic Bomb Memorial Monument

[Date of Construction] November 3, 1995 [Constructor] Honkawa District Atomic Bomb Memorial Construction Committee [History] Honkawa National School (now Honkawa Elementary School) was the school closest to the hypocenter, 410 meters away. Approximately 400 students and 10 teachers and staff were killed. The school building burned down, leaving only the outer shell, but it was used after the bombing, with repeated repairs and renovations. When the school building was rebuilt, a part of it was preserved, and in 1988 (Showa 63), it was opened as a peace museum. After that, the voices calling for the construction of a monument grew among the students of Honkawa Elementary School, and the Monument Construction Promotion Committee, consisting of eight organizations including the Honkawa District Social Welfare Council, was formed, and the monument was erected. The base of the stone monument next to it, with the explanatory board embedded in it, is made of an atomic bomb-damaged stone from the Honkawa Elementary School playground. *Open to the public on school holidays. Open to the public from 8:30am to 5pm. If you are visiting as an individual, please contact us via the intercom at the main gate. If you are visiting as a group, please contact us in advance (please fax the desired date and time of the tour, the name of the representative, the number of visitors, and contact information to 082-234-0910).