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Flame of Peace
1-1 Nakajimachō, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0811
Eternal flame shaped like clasped, upturned hands, lit in remembrance and burning until nuclear weapons vanish.
This guide to the Flame of Peace in Hiroshima traces two separate fires bound to one vow. It follows survivor Tatsuo Yamamoto, who carried embers from a bombed bookstore to his home village of Hoshino and kept them burning quietly for years, and the flame lit here in 1964, gathered from religious groups and industries across Japan and set atop stone shaped by architect Kenzo Tange. Look closely at that stone base beneath the burning cup for the gesture it recalls.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.