14 DAY TRIAL // Google has added more Street View imagery in Japan and one of the more interesting and important new locations is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. The building has become a symbol of peace and a reminder of the horrors of war and anyone around the world can now visit the location in Street View.
"We’ve added many historic sites to Street View to let you explore these places online, and now we’ve included Street View imagery of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, also known as the 'Atomic Bomb Dome'," Google's Setsuto Murai announced.
"On August 6, 1945 at 8:15am, the first nuclear device to be used in warfare exploded almost directly above this building. The annihilated structure became an iconic symbol of the bomb’s devastation," he explained.
"Despite rebuilding the rest of the city, Hiroshima decided to keep the Dome in its post-war condition to stand as a living testament to the horror of nuclear conflict," he added.
This is not the only site in Hiroshima that has been added, Google Street View now has images for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, the 'floating' Itsukushima Shrine and other locations, seven in total.
All of these sites were inaccessible by car, but the faithful Street View trike managed to get there and immortalize the sites for the world to enjoy.
Only a week ago, Google added imagery for a number of locations around the world, all shot with the Street View trike. Historic sites or those where the Street View cars can't navigate are no problem for the 250-pound trike.
Google hasn't had the smoothest of histories in Japan with Street View. Like in other traditionally private countries, some felt that the cars were intruding.
Google had to reshoot imagery in several cities after it was determined that the cameras were mounted too high on the Street View cars allowing them to peek over fences and inside people's houses.