Hijiyama Military Cemetery/比治山陆军公墓

Hijiyama Military Cemetery

Hijiyama Military Cemetery was established in 1872 by the national government as a burial ground for army troops. It is the final resting place for many Japanese soldiers spanning from the Satsuma Rebellion to World War II.

When it was first established, it was located where the Radiation Effects Research Facility (RERF) is currently. During cemetery consolidation in 1944, a large portion of the cemetery was consolidated through measures like relocation. However, the grounds received considerable damage in the 1945 atomic bombing. Prior to the construction of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC, the predecessor to the RERF), the cemetery needed to be relocated, and in 1949, the remains were moved and reburied at a monument to those who died in battle located in Hijiyama Park. With the hard work of many over the years, the cemetery was rebuilt to become what it is today, and in 1960, the remains were moved from the monument and reburied here.

Today, a great number of remains are buried together under approximately 3,500 gravestones. There are also a large number of cenotaphs located in the south of the cemetery. In addition, the cemetery is also the final resting place for soldiers from China, France, and Germany who died in Hiroshima during wars, including the First Sino-Japanese War and World War I.

比治山陆军公墓

陆军公墓是日本政府于1872年为安葬陆军士兵而建立的军人墓地，这里埋葬了许多从西南战争到二战期间于战争中阵亡的日本军人的遗骸。

最初，墓地建于放射线影响研究所现今的位置。由于整合墓地的需要，大部分的坟墓于1944年被迁移并集中到一处，但墓地却因翌年原子弹的投下而遭到严重破坏。战争结束后，放射线影响研究所的前身—原爆伤亡调查委员会（ABCC）的成立意味着墓地必须被迁至其他地方。于是乎，墓地中的遗骸于1949年被重新安葬在比治山公园内的忠魂碑处。后来，经过许多人多年的努力，墓地被重建为今天的样子，遗骸也于1960年被重新安葬于现今这处公墓内。

如今，这片墓地里存有大约三千五百个墓碑，许多遗骸也被合葬于此。此外，墓地南边也立有不少纪念碑。不仅如此，在甲午战争、第一次世界大战等战争中于广岛去世的中国、法国以及德国士兵的遗骸也被埋葬于此。