is one of the main streets in
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has b ...
,
Japan
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, which faces the south side of
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
The street is wide and runs {{convert, 3.6, km, abbr=off from east to west, between Tsurumi-cho and Fukushima-cho within the
green belt
A green belt or greenbelt is a policy, and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wilderness, wild, or agricultural landscape, land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts ...
.
There are 5 bridges connecting to the street including the west and east Peace Bridges by
Isamu Noguchi
was an American artist, furniture designer and Landscape architecture, landscape architect whose career spanned six decades from the 1920s. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Grah ...
.
The west-end bridge connects to "Nishi Hiroshima Station" and the east-end bridge connects to "Hijiyama Park"
History
* The construction was started by citizens and students in 1945, the year World War II ended, as a firebreak.
*
On 6 August 1945, tens of thousands of citizens and students were killed by the
a-bomb. The exact number of victims is still unknown.
* The plan to build the Peace Boulevard, the
Hiroshima Castle
, sometimes called , is a Japanese castle, castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was largely destroyed by the Atomic bom ...
, the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and the
Hiroshima Chūō Park were formalized in the
Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law of 1948.
* In the mid-1950s, there was a tree-planting campaign. Around 120,000 trees were donated from
Hiroshima Prefecture alone, and many more trees and plants were presented from all over Japan and the rest of the world in the name of peace.
* Now, the Peace Boulevard and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park are places of recreation and relaxation for citizens.
* The Peace Boulevard is the site of many events, such as
Hiroshima Dreamination, concerts,
ekiden
is a long-distance running multi-stage relay race, mostly held on Road running, roads.Otake, Tomoko. ''One for All.'' Dec. 28, 200The Japan Times accessed Feb. 19, 2009.
The original Japanese term had nothing to do with a sport or a competiti ...
races (including the Inter-prefectural Men's Ekiden of Hiroshima) and the
Hiroshima Flower Festival.
See also
*
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civili ...
External links
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Streets in Hiroshima