Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is the ceremony for the world peace.
Every year on August 6th "A-bomb Day", the City of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park with many citizens including the families of the deceased and the people from all over the world.
Contents of the ceremony
*Dedication of Water (by the citizen representatives of Hiroshima)
*Opening
*Dedication of the Register of the Names of the Fallen Atomic Bomb Victims
*Address
*Dedication of flowers
*Silent Prayer and Peace Bell (for one minute from 8:15am)
**The bell is rung by one representative of bereaved families and one representative of children
*Peace Declaration (by Mayor of Hiroshima)
*Release of Doves
*Commitment to Peace (by Children's representatives)
*Addresses (by Prime Minister of Japan and other visitors)
*Hiroshima Peace Song
*Closingthe people put up crosses to show of the loved one that they have lost
ee also
*Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
*Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
* Hiroshima Witness
External links
* [http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/shimin/shikiten/shikiten-e.html Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony]
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