@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-08-06 03:12 UTC
Everyone inside the Promotion Hall, which was almost at the epicenter of the blast, was killed instantly.
Following the city's destruction the hall was scheduled for demolition, but in 1966 it was decided that the renamed 'Atomic Bomb Dome' (原爆ドーム) would become a memorial.
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-08-06 03:30
Hiroshima-jō (広島城), also known as Ri-jō (鯉城 'Carp Castle'), was built between 1592-1599 by Mōri Terumoto (毛利輝元). Mōri sided against Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康) at the Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い), and having lost, abandoned the castle in 1600. #Hiroshima #広島