The Hiroshima Peace Memorial has been preserved since then, in fact, it’s what remains of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall ‘Hiroshima-ken Sangyo Shoreikan’. The structure can be observed from the outside of the fencing device and st has been well maintained.

Today, around the area hit by the bomb, it has been built a peaceful park. It’s hard to imagine a park where at the time there was nothing, but thanks to the efforts of the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, all this has been possible. In the park there are many other monuments dedicated to all the people who lost their lives on that day, such  Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Memorial Cenotaph and the Statue of the A-Bomb Children. Considering that a long time ago the area was devastated and that today is there a park, we are unconsciously driven to think and appreciate the value of peace. The park is also known for its beautiful cherry blossoms which during the flowering period attract many tourists.

Every 6th August at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park a ceremony is held and it is attended by the Japanese Ft. Minister, and is to remember the victims at the time of the explosion. This ceremony involves many people, but the most important thing is that in addition to the Japanese, people come from all over the world to take part to the ceremony. Every night of 6th August, it’s a tradition to light up a lantern and set it down on the water of the River Motoyasu, that surrounds the park. The fire used for the lanterns called is “Embers of the Atomic Bomb”. It’s a fire that was kept by a person who has lived the attack.