Children's Peace Monument

Hiroshima Children's Peace Memorial
The Children's Peace Monument, with a figure of Sadako Sasaki at the top of the statue, and a boy and a girl at the sides. The glass cases in the background contain paper cranes.
Type	Children's Memorial for Child Victims of Nuclear and conventional War
Location	Hiroshima, Japan
Coordinates	34°23′39″N 132°27′10″E / 34.39414°N 132.45277°E / 34.39414; 132.45277
Created	May 5, 1958
Status	Open all year
Website	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

The Children's Peace Monument (原爆の子の像, Genbaku no Ko no Zō, lit. "Atomic Bomb Children Statue") is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.