Former Location Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
This shrine was built in 1896 and destroyed in the atomic bomb blast in 1945. A baseball stadium was built on the former shrine grounds in 1957. The shrine was rebuilt within the walls of the Hiroshima castle in 1965.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
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