What is Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony?
[[File:Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony & Peace Message Lantern Floating Ceremony (B-Roll) DOD 107097600-5d50f879d663c.webm|thumb|right|200px|B-roll of the ceremony]] The '''Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony''' is an annual Japanese vigil that that occurs on August 6 yearly since 1974 in the city of [[Hiroshima]]. Its purpose is to console the victims of the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombs]] and to pray for the realization of lasting [[world peace]]. In 2010, John V. Roos became the first United States ambassador to Japan to attend the ceremony. President [[Barack Obama]] visited later in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/world/asia/07japan.html|title=For First Time, U.S. Envoy Attends Ceremony at Hiroshima|last=Fackler|first=Martin|date=August 6, 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 18, 2019}}</ref> ==Memorial ceremonies for Hiroshima outside Japan== Due to the worldwide spreading of the memorial culture surrounding Hiroshima, similar ceremonies are held across the globe. An example occurred at the Israeli Holocaust memorial of [[Yad Vashem]], where 18 individuals held a brief ceremony at the Yizkor Hall in 1986.<ref>''Ma'ariv'' (Israeli Hebrew daily), Aug. 7, 1986</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park]] * [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] == References == {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category|Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony}} * [http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/shimin/shimin/shikiten/shikiten-e.html Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808100532/http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/shimin/shimin/shikiten/shikiten-e.html |date=2019-08-08 }} [[Category:Japanese culture]] [[Category:Ceremonies]] [[Category:October observances]]