The Flame of Hiroshima and Nagasaki...

After the museums, I wandered around Ueno Park some more and I happened upon this eternal flame within the grounds of Toshogu Shrine.

This peace monument was established on August 6, 1990 for the 45th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The flame itself was from the burning embers of a man’s home in Hiroshima. Originally, his nephew saved the flame as an expression of his resentment, but eventually it became a symbol of his desire to abolish nuclear weapons and for peace. This flame was merged with a flame lit by the friction of broken roofing tiles of Nagasaki and brought to a special session of the UN in 1988 and then to this peace monument.