Hiroshima to renovate iconic Rest House in peace park

Photo taken on Nov. 20, 2015, shows the Rest House in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, the only building in the park that looks the way it did prior to the 1945 atomic bombing. The Hiroshima municipal government announced the same day it plans to renovate the building to provide more resting space for tourists visiting the western Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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