Urakami Cathedral was a grand red-brick church standing on an elevated stretch of land 500 meters northeast of the atomic bomb hypocenter. The Catholic faithful living nearby began the protect in 1895 and erected the church one brick at a time over a period of three decades. Upon completion, Urakami Cathedral ws one of the grandest churches in the Far East.
The explosion of the atomic bomb at 11:02 a.m. August 9, 1945 ravaged the building.The belfries and walls that remained upright collapsed sonn after,leabing onlya reminant of the church wall. One of the beifries (weighing about 50 tons) rests today on the spot where it fell that day.

The Urakami district was populated from the early 17th century by Japanese Christians fleeing persecution after the bombing. Nagasaki City installs this plaque to pray for the repose fo people who died here asa result of the atomic bombing and to insure that this tragedy is never repeated .