Hijiyama Girls' High School Staff and Students Memorial Monument

[Date of construction] November 1961 (Showa 36) [Constructor] Hijiyama Gakuen [History] Most of the victims of the atomic bomb at Hijiyama Girls' High School were third-year students and teachers who had been mobilized for communications work at the Chugoku Military District Headquarters (790 meters from the hypocenter) in the inner citadel of Hiroshima Castle. First- and second-year students had gathered at the school (2.9 kilometers from the hypocenter) to help with building evacuation in the city center, and escaped unscathed. The monument has been placed like a garden stone in the school's garden. *If you wish to visit, please contact us in advance (please call 082-251-4478 with the desired date and time of visit, the representative's name, the number of visitors, and contact information).