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Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms: The Renarrativation of Hiroshima Memories

Today, Hiroshima is acknowledged to be a mecca of peace and draws over a million visitors annually from all over the world. In spite of the fact that this city had once served as a military center with a growing concentration of military facilities during the two world wars, Hiroshima was reborn as the “Peace Memorial City” after the atomic bomb’s explosion and consequent destruction of the city on 6 August 1945. Hiroshima’s experience as the site of the world’s first nuclear attack allowed the city to create a discourse centered on peace and antinuclearism. The reconstruction of Hiroshima was executed following the 1948 “Peace Memorial City Construction Law” and the city’s post-1970 administrative project that aimed to realize an “International Peace and Cultural City” (Yoneyama 18). In this process, the most significant agenda was to create a commemorative space embodying Hiroshima’s municipal identity as “Peace Memorial City” and it resulted in the construction of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (Yoneyama 19). Situated at the delta between two tributaries of the Ota River, which is the heart of the city and close to the area of ground zero, the Peace Memorial Park accommodates a number of memorials and monuments, museums, and assembly halls.