Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is an annual Japanese vigil.

Every August 6, "A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace.

The first ceremony was held in 1947 by the then Hiroshima Mayor Shinzo Hamai.

One such instance was on August 6, 1986, as a delegation from Hiroshima of 18 individuals arrived at the Israeli Holocaust memorial of Yad Vashem and held a brief ceremony at the Yizkor Hall.

[4] In 2010, John V. Roos became the first United States ambassador to Japan to attend the ceremony, paving the way for a historic visit to Hiroshima by then President Barack Obama six years later.

B-roll of the ceremony
Satsuki Eda (President of the House of Councillors ), Yōhei Kōno (President of the House of Representatives ) and Yasuo Fukuda ( Prime Minister ) offered a silent prayer (August 6, 2008)