Children’s Peace Monument

The Children's Peace Monument is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: monument
  • Also known as: “Sadako Sasaki Monument”
  • Roof shape: dome

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shima Naika Hospital and Rest House.

Hospital
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Shima Hospital is a Japanese hospital, now clinic, in , . It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945. is situated 200 metres east of Children’s Peace Monument.

Monument
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is a monument.

Memorial
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY 3.0.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Nishi-ku.

Neighborhood
Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of eight wards in the city of , Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in .

Suburb
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is one of the eight wards of the city of , . As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.

Children’s Peace Monument

Latitude
34.39414° or 34° 23′ 39″ north
Longitude
132.45276° or 132° 27′ 10″ east
Inception
May 5th, 1958
Height
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8Q6J9FV3+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 868813536
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­dome
Wiki­data ID
Q114718
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Children’s Peace Monument” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب السلام للأطفال”
  • Bashkir: “Балаларҙың тыныслыҡ һәйкәле”
  • Bulgarian: “Паметник на Садако Сасаки”
  • Burmese: “ကလေးငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးအမှတ်တရရုပ်တု”
  • Chinese: “原爆之子像”
  • Dutch: “Children’s Peace Monument”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال السلام للاطفال”
  • Esperanto: “Infanara pacmonumento”
  • French: “monument de la paix des enfants”
  • French: “Monument de la paix des enfants”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת השלום של הילדים”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Perdamaian Anak-Anak”
  • Italian: “Monumento alla pace dei bambini”
  • Italian: “Monumento dei Bambini alla Pace”
  • Japanese: “Genbaku-no-ko-no-fū”
  • Japanese: “げんばくのこのぞう”
  • Japanese: “原爆の子の像、げんばくのこのぞう”
  • Japanese: “原爆の子の像”
  • Korean: “원폭의 아이의 동상”
  • Latin: “Monumentum Pacis Liberi”
  • Latin: “Monumentum pacis liberorum”
  • Nepali: “बालबालिका शान्ति स्मारक”
  • Russian: “Детский памятник мира”
  • Russian: “Памятник детям мира”
  • Russian: “Памятник миру детей”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a la Paz de los Niños”
  • Swedish: “Barnfredsmonumentet”
  • Turkish: “Çocuk Barış Anıtı”
  • Turkish: “原爆の子の像”
  • Ukrainian: “Дитячий пам’ятник миру”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 平和の泉 and Rest House.

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