Overview

• The city fell silent at 8:15 AM, marking exactly 80 years since the Enola Gay dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima
• Mayor Kazumi Matsui warned of accelerating global militarization, citing tensions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Middle East conflicts
• Survivors, students and international delegates laid flowers in Peace Memorial Park as hibakusha guides led first-person tours of key sites
• The Genbaku Dome has been internally reinforced to preserve it forever as the Peace Monument and a testament to the bombing’s impact
• The Peace Memorial Museum features artifacts and the successive letters Hiroshima mayors have sent to authorities conducting nuclear tests