The memorial was designed by Kenzo Tange and depicts two hands joined together, opening upwards like a chalice. The "eternal fire" burns in the middle. Since August 1, 1964, this flame has not gone out. It should burn until the day comes when all nuclear weapons have disappeared from the earth.

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November 18, 2019

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The pond was designed in 1957 to surround the cenotaph for the victims of the atomic bomb. It should look like he is swimming on the water.

It was originally conceived as a 2 meter wide moat delimiting the three sides of the monument. However, when the Peace Flame was installed on August 1, 1964, the committee changed the shape of the pond by extending the pond behind the monument to its current size of 17 by 70 meters.

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The flame should only be extinguished when there are no more nuclear weapons in the world. At the moment we are further away from that than ever before.

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