Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, Chugoku, Japan

4.5 (965 reviews) Sunday: 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #4 in Hiroshima Prefecture History Museums

understated

a amazing experience to be able to visit hiroshima and this will certainly be part of your tour should you also visit not ot be missed.

Address

1-6 Nakajimacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture

Mobile

+81 82-543-6271

Website

http://www.hiro-tsuitokinenkan.go.jp/

Working hours

Monday : 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Sunday, May 12, 2024, 20:35

User Ratings

4.5 based on (965 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 5Smackdo 5:00 PM May 20, 2019
    A sobering experience
    When we arrived at the peace park some of the museum/memorial complex was closed in order to strengthen the foundation in case of earthquakes. The museum on the right was open. It is a comprehensive display of pre and post bomb life in the city. On entering one is drawn to a circular pictorial representation of the city in August 1945. Then we see the bomb being released, the explosion and the ensuing devastation. All around the walls are pictures of the aftermath. There are video recordings of survivors telling their stories, models of both bombs and sad relics of those who did not survive. In spite of this one leaves with a feeling of hope for the future and the thought that this must never be allowed to happen again.
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  • 4Rumples 5:00 PM Sep 24, 2020
    Impressive Hall of Remembrance
    We visited this memorial after going through the Peace Museum, and it further reinforced our resolve to support the end of nuclear weapons worldwide. The memorial's huge, circular Hall of Remembrance displays a panorama of the bombed city as seen from ground zero. Made with 140,000 tiles to represent the estimated number of victims, who died by the end of 1945, the scene left me both sad and reflective. The panorama appears on the wall's top half and a list of the 226 neighborhoods in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing are listed below. Twelve pillars of light symbolize the hope for peace and support the ceiling. The memorial also holds a victim information area with their photos and names. A fountain at ground level has been set up around the memorial to symbolize the desperate need that the blast victims had for water. A modern sculpture appears here, featuring a clock, stopped at 8:15 a.m., the time of the atomic-bomb blast on Aug. 6, 1945. One of the newer additions (2005) to the Peace Park, this memorial is free to enter. It is located in the Peace Park, north of the museum and east of the Cenotaph, by the Motoyasu River.

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