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Nakajima before and
after the War
Welcome! This is the Nakajima District before the atomic bombing. Near downtown Hiroshima, the Ota River divides into two branches, becoming the Hon and the Motoyasu rivers. The triangle formed between them is the area known as Nakajima. Today, Nakajima is devoted to Peace Memorial Park; no one lives there. But before the bombing, Nakajima was home to about 4,400 people living in 1,300 households in six distinct neighborhoods: Nakajima-honmachi, Zaimoku-cho, Tenjin-machi, Motoyanagi-machi, Kobiki-cho, and Nakajima-shinmachi. |
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References： Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Exhibit pamphlet "Reviving Historic Memories --- The Town at Ground Zero that Vanished" / March 2001 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Exhibit pamphlet "The Town Sleeping under the Park, Hypocenter, Nakajima District" / November 1997 "Grand Zero: Life and Death of Nakajima Area" / Asahi Shimbun, Hiroshima Branch / Asahi Shimbun / August 1986 "Archtectural Witnesses to the Atomic Bombing --- A Record for the Future" / City of Hiroshima / March 1996 "Memoir of Mitsui Mutual Life Insurance Co., Hiroshima Branch" / MITSUI MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE co., Hiroshima Branch / Febrary 1985 |
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