On May 25-26, 1945, the U.S. military conducted its fifth and final low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing raid on Tokyo's Omotesando district. The bodies of countless victims were scattered throughout the Aoyama tram depot.

　　On the night of May 25 to 26, 1945, the U.S. military conducted its fifth and final low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing raid on Tokyo's Omotesando district. The bodies of countless victims littered the Aoyama tram depot. Along Omotesando, stretching from Aoyama-dori to the entrance of Meiji Shrine, the bodies were scattered in great numbers. The incendiary bombing attack involved 464 B-29 bombers dropping 3,258 tons of incendiary bombs on the Yamate district during the night of May 25 to 26. It resulted in 3,242 deaths, displaced 559,683 people due to destroyed homes, and burned an area of approximately 43 square kilometers. After the Yamate Great Air Raid, the total area destroyed in Tokyo reached 147 square kilometers. After the Yamate Great Air Raid, the total area of destruction in Tokyo reached 147 square kilometers.

　　The death toll of 3,242 was significantly influenced by the Yamate district's undulating terrain and open spaces, which greatly facilitated evacuation. From the night of May 25 to 26, B-29 bombers rained incendiary bombs over the surrounding area, unleashing a firestorm of terrifying speed and intensity. By the morning of May 27, the entire 1-km stretch of Omotesando was charred, with bodies strewn particularly around the Jingumae intersection on Aoyama-dori. Countless corpses were piled atop each other at subway station entrances and in front of the nearby Yasuda Bank. Black stains from the oil seeping from the bodies remained on the bank's walls and the sidewalk.

　　Tokyo first suffered American bombing on February 23, 1945. 174 B-29 bombers devastated approximately 2.56 square kilometers of the city. Following the March 10 Tokyo Firebombing, the US military launched concentrated napalm attacks on 66 cities nationwide. The March 10 Tokyo Firebombing: 334 bombers unleashed a two-hour assault, creating a firestorm similar to that seen in the Dresden bombing. A 41-square-kilometer urban area, home to about 10 million people, was reduced to a wasteland. 330,000 homes, representing 40% of the city's housing stock, were destroyed. The bombing resulted in an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 or more deaths.