Each day, thousands of visitors and commuters pass by the front of the Hiroshima Railway Station which is in a deplorable state of decay. As a school girl who firsthand witnessed the horror of nuclear devastation, Hiroko Nakamoto's vision of Hiroshima Gateway to World Peace is to create, on a strip of land bounded by the Railway station and Enkoh River, a landmark monument to promote peace and humanity free from nuclear weapons.?The monument will contrast the bucolic nature of Hiroshima with the devastation and agony of the atomic blasts, followed by rebirth and new development..?While all visitors and citizens will be welcome to the monument and its park-like setting, it is intended to have special appeal to children and school groups. Our goal is to make youth aware of the need to work toward peace in the world.
As a welcoming landmark for the City of Hiroshima, the Gateway to World Peace monument will become a process of continued teaching and healing. All natural beauties together with lighting will form lawns, an appropriate setting for monument and educational center that will provide not only a sobering history lessons, but will instill in young people a strong desire to help achieve world peace.
