原爆ドームを報道公開　保存工事中、被爆直後の色へ―広島

　広島市は２７日、世界遺産・原爆ドーム（同市中区）の保存工事現場を報道陣に公開した。工事は５回目。被爆直後のさび色（焦げ茶色）に塗り直す作業などが続いており、３月末に完成する予定。
　市によると、今回の工事は、ドーム型の屋根や中庭に設置されたらせん階段の塗装と、ひび割れの補修などが目的。色は米国が撮影したカラー写真を基に決めた。１９８９年の工事で一度塗り直しているが、被爆直後の色を再現するのは初めてという。（2021/01/27-15:00）

Preservation work at the Atomic Bomb Dome in the western Japan city of Hiroshima was shown to the media on Wednesday.
   It is the fifth time for the dome, which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, to undergo preservation work. The dome will be repainted in reddish brown, the color of the building immediately after it experienced the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, in the closing days of World War II.
   The preservation work, mainly repainting the roof of the dome and the spiral staircase in the courtyard as well as repairing cracks, is set to be completed in late March, according to the city government.
   The dome has been repainted once, in 1989, but this is the first time for the structure to be painted to reproduce how it looked right after the bombing.
   The choice of reddish brown was based on color photographs of the dome taken by the United States.