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Hiroshima Monument

Behind the Memorial Cenotaph, this flame will be extinguished only when all atomic weapons are banished. In the meantime, every August 6, the citizens of Hiroshima float paper lanterns down the city's rivers for the repose of the souls of the atomic-bomb victims.

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Heiwa Kinen Koen
Hiroshima, Hiroshima-ken  730-0811, Japan

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