Landmarks・Hiroshima

Reikado HallReikado

Also known as: 霊火堂・消えずの霊火堂・消えずの火

A hall near the summit of Mount Misen. A flame said to have been lit by the monk Kūkai in 806 is held to have burned for some 1,200 years, and it became one of the source flames used for the Flame of Peace in Peace Memorial Park.

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