Global InformationHonkawa Elementary School Peace Museum information
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| Established | June 1, 1873, built in July 1928, opened as a museum in April 1988 |
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| Location | 5-39, Honkawacho 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima |
| Website | honkawa-e.edu.city.hiroshima.jp plala.or.jp/honkawa-pta |
The Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum (本川小学校平和資料館 Honkawa Shogakkou Heiwa Shiryokan) is a museum of the Peace in Honkawacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
The school was the closest school to ground zero of the Hiroshima bombing. They lost about 400 students and more than 10 teachers, and the building took great amounts of damage from the atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945.
The Peace Museum is the part of the school building with the basement of the former Hiroshima City Honkawa Elementary School; it is kept as a place to learn about the importance of peace. The museum is operated by the Honkawa Elementary School PTA, as well as former members of the PTA, and is cleaned and maintained by the students.
The memorial service for the students and teachers killed in the blast is held every August 5 at the school. The school has also appeared in the manga Barefoot Gen, written by Keiji Nakazawa.[1]
- ^ "About Honkawa Elementary School on Hiroshima City official site". Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-09-22.