Nagasaki Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, Kyushu, Japan
4.5 (271 reviews) Friday: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Spent Ranking #2 in Nagasaki Prefecture Speciality Museums
Beautiful, quiet and respectful place!
This place is very serene, got lost a little in the underground while walking but every different corner presents the way how nagasaki has went thur after the bombing occurred. They shown it in different forms of 3D videos, pictures, portraits, artefacts, computer images and also paper cranes made by school kids to ensure World Peace. Was not expected to spend so much time here but when you walk thur all this and reading them, almost took me up an hour+. And yes, i agree that this place does more than what you feel like its a memorial hall for the victims. I felt more peace after walking through the memorial hall seeing so much.
Address
7-8 Hirano-machi , Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Mobile
Website
http://www.peace-nagasaki.go.jp
Working hours
Monday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday : 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 17:20
User Ratings
4.5 based on (271 reviews)
Reviews
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5TeufelHundenguy 5:00 PM Dec 29, 2015
Very sobering place to visit. Reminds us of how the "leaders" of countries care so little for their people.
Being a US Marine, I had reservations about visiting this memorial as I look like a US Marine. My good friend, that is Japanese, told me no problem. So we went. He was correct. This visit really made me realize how it was NOT the people of Japan, and USA, that went to war. It was the "leaders" of our countries. We were the only US people here that day. It was the anniversary of Hiroshima being bombed. Everyone at the memorial that day, could have not been more kind to me. We all realized it is the "leaders" that did this to us. Our people were only following orders... This is a beautiful memorial park. It is done with extremely good taste. It is SO overwhelming as you realize that so many good people died in an instant for no real reason. The "leaders" that caused this to happen ended up living their lives with no real consequences. These people just died. Thank goodness this did end the war. US Marine house to house fighting in Tokyo would have been beyond extreme horror.
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4Rumples 5:00 PM Sep 11, 2020
Lovely Tribute
We made a brief visit to this memorial hall after visiting the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on an early-October weekday. Though the museum has a corridor that connects with the hall, we opted to go outside first to see the hall's big, sculpted basin at ground level before entering the memorial. Two walls of glass rise from the basin's water, which represents what the atomic bomb victims seriously needed after the blast. The memorial's two additional floors are below ground and we used the elevator, rather than the stairs, to reach the first level. The hall's English information brochure suggests that those short on time, which we were, stay on this level for a 10-minute visit. This approach allowed us to look at an exhibition of memoirs by some of the victims and to gaze down into the Remembrance Hall. That space includes illuminated pillars, photos, messages written by visitors and a registry that contains the names of the dead. We stood at the viewing area, hoping for lasting peace and deeply moved by the lives lost. There is no admission charge to the Memorial Hall. Though I noticed many visitors in the museum, there were just a few people here during our stay. It would likely require at least 30 minutes to include the hall's lowest level in a visit.
