An epitaph to Tamiki Hara was originally built by his friends at the site of Hiroshima Castle.
Hiroshima Castle, on the opposite end of the spectrum, was destroyed in the atomic bombing, and was rebuilt in 1958 as a museum.
Hiroshima Castle is notable for having been destroyed in the atomic bomb blast on August 6, 1945.
It was also on the grounds of Hiroshima Castle that news of the atomic bombing was first transmitted to Tokyo.
The division's headquarters in the homeland were on the grounds of Hiroshima Castle.
Nonetheless, 206 designated buildings, including Hiroshima Castle, were destroyed from May to August 1945.
A few blocks north of the dome is Hiroshima Castle, a popular tourist attraction.
It was just a year later in 1591 that Mōri Terumoto was building Hiroshima Castle.
Most elements of the Japanese 2nd General Army were at physical training on the grounds of Hiroshima Castle when the bomb exploded.
Hiroshima Castle was quickly built, and Terumoto moved in, in 1593.