It's been 64 years since the first atomic bomb, code-named "Little Boy" was dropped from the US B-29 Superfortress bomber named "Enola Gay" over the Hiroshima city. It was 8:15 in the morning. More than 140,000 people were killed and the city was totally destroyed. There are more than 250,000 people who became the victims of the atomic bomb including the deaths caused by its radiation.
Every year there is a memorial service in the Hiroshima city on this day from 8 in the morning. This year there were representatives from 59 countries which was the most in the history.
At night there was the event called toro nagashi(灯籠流し)Lantern Floating, about 8000 paper lanterns were floating down the river near the Atomic bomb dome to guide the spirits of the departed back to the other world.
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