The 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima was Aug. 6, 2025. Every year since 1947, the city has held a peace ceremony, a vigil, to honor the dead and the survivors. The ceremony, held in the city’s Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, welcomes visitors to bear witness to the gripping history and its solemnity.
Though the park is filled with painful images and memories, the ceremony is also filled with inspiring music and dance performances, poetry readings, art exhibitions, as well as dedications and speeches by the mayor of Hiroshima and Prime Minister of Japan.
