The Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Martin Tomčo, was present at the Peace Ceremony in Hiroshima on 6^th August 2023. This year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held the speech and with other participants honored the memory of the victims of this historical tragic event.

It was 78 years ago when the Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The Peace Memorial building, also known as the Atomic Dome, is located in central Hiroshima, just 160 meters from the blast. The building was initially designed and built in 1915 by the Czech architect Jan Letzl, it served as the Hiroshima Prefectural Palace for product exhibitions. In 1996, the building was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Atomic Dome in Hiroshima

In Hiroshima, the Ambassador together with Mr. Lukáš Zícha, Consul of the Embassy, met with Mr. Masao Hayashi, president, and Mrs. Micuko Takei, prorector, of Hiroshima Shudo University. On this occasion, they also traditionally commemorated the ceremonial unveiling of the Havel´s Place, a work of art inspired by the thoughts and actions of the internationally recognized first Czech president, which took place at the university on December 7, 2021.

The university published an article (in Japanese only) about the meeting.

A peace ceremony in the city of Nagasaki that was scheduled to take place on August 9, 2023 was canceled due to the typhoon.

Nagasaki was the second city where a nuclear bomb was dropped in 1945 during World War II. The Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, which construction was finished in 2002, is a place where visitors may commemorate those who lost their lives as a result of the atomic bombing and offer prayers for everlasting peace.