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The united flame of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is enshrined in a peace monument at Ueno Toshogu Shrine
On August 6th 1945 the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, and a second one was dropped on the city of Nagasaki on August 9th. The flame on display at Ueno Toshogu is a symbol of peace and of the hope that such weapons will never be used again. This flame was created in 1988 by merging two flames: one taken from a fire started by the original atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and one created by sparks from roof tiles in Nagasaki. This monument to peace was established here in 1989.
Color-adjusted image from https://masspeaceaction.org/event/remembering-hiroshima-day/