Peace Memorial Ceremonies

The Peace Memorial Ceremony is held each year in memory of the victims of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima at 8:15am on August 6, 1945.

On this occasion, those who lived through the event as well as those who lost loved ones play a special part in the proceedings.

A great number of residents of all ages gather in front of the Memorial with the eternal flame in the center of Peace Memorial Park.
The Mayor of Hiroshima, will make an appeal for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the achievement of everlasting world peace. The ceremony is usually broadcast on television stations worldwide.

At 8:15am, the time the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Bell of Peace and sirens are sounded and anyone who hears it is to remember and observe 1 minute of silence.

In the evening, there is a lantern festival where over 10,000 lanters are put into the water next to the A-bomb memorial.

This ceremony is less formal, there are no long speeches, but is very powerful as the light from the dome shines down on the water lit by the many colorful lanterns floating downstream.

Official Peace Memorial Ceremony 08:00-09:00
Lantern ceremony: 20:00-21:00

Address:
Hiroshima Peace Park
Naka-ku Naka-machi
10 min on the street car from Hiroshima Station

Dates/Times:
06 August

For more information:
Tel:	082-504-2103 (Hiroshima City Hall)