19 Sights in Hiroshima, Japan (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Hiroshima, Japan. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 19 sights are available in Hiroshima, Japan.

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1. Hiroshima Castle

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Hiroshima Castle , sometimes called Carp Castle , is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. The castle was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original that now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history before World War II.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima Castle (EN)

2. Hypocenter

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HypocenterMicha L. Rieser / Attribution

The hypocenter is the center of the explosion of nuclear weapons such as atomic bombs in the narrow sense. In the broad sense, it refers to the center of the explosion of a powerful bomb. In addition, the location of a major incident, a large trend and a place of social phenomena, are sometimes called hypocenter.

Wikipedia: 爆心地 (JA)

3. Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum

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Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum

The Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum is a peace museum in Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. The school was one of the closest schools to ground zero when the atomic bomb fell on August 6, 1945. They lost about 160 students and teachers and the building was heavily damaged. After a few days, the school became a first aid station, and its black burned wall became a message board to find missing people. The Peace Museum is the section of the school building with the basement of the former Municipal Fukuromachi Elementary School in Hiroshima. The school is keeping it as a relic of the atomic explosion, to foster peace, and to send their information to the world.

Wikipedia: Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum (EN)

4. Monument in Memory of the Korean Victims of the A-bomb

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The Korean atomic bomb victims (Kankokujin Bakugi Seisha Reihi) is a memorial to South Korean and Korean victims in the Hiroshima atomic bomb in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Nakajima -cho, Hiroshima -shi, Hiroshima. Monument. Initially, it was set up at the discovery site of the Colonel Lee Goo, the Colonel of the Japanese Empire, and later moved to the current location.

Wikipedia: 韓国人原爆犠牲者慰霊碑 (JA)

5. Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

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Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art / Fair use

The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan. The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa. It was the first public contemporary art museum to open in Japan, and its exhibitions focus on post-1945, contemporary emerging artists and artworks that link contemporary art with Hiroshima.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (EN)

6. 報専坊

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Hossenbo is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Hongan-ji school of Jodo Shinshu (the True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) located in Teramachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Eun appeared in the middle of the Edo period and raised a scholar monk. The atomic bomb was destroyed. In the precincts, there is a tree of ginkgo tree that has been exposed to it.

Wikipedia: 報専坊 (JA)

7. 妙風寺

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Myoufuji is a Nichiren sect temple in Higashi -Shirashima -cho, Naka -ku, Hiroshima -shi, Hiroshima. The mountain name is Mt. Shirashima, and the institute is called Otai -in. The former Motoyama is Omotoyama Motokuniji (Rokujo Gate). The Kiyomasa Festival of Myofuji Temple was considered to be the Hiroshima Three Great Festival before the war.

Wikipedia: 妙風寺 (広島市) (JA)

8. 大芝公園交通ランド

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大芝公園交通ランド

Oshiba Park Traffic Land is a facility (traffic park) for the purpose of traffic safety education located in Oshiba Park, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. In 2021, Hiroshima City signed a naming rights agreement with Hiroshima Toyopet, and the name of the facility was changed to "Hiroshima Toyopet Traffic Park".

Wikipedia: 大芝公園交通ランド (JA)

9. Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound

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Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound

The atomic bombing tower is a memorial tower in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. 1955 (Showa 30) built on August 5. The design is Haruo Yoshida and the architecture is Teruo Sakata, the Sakata stone store. This is engraved in front of the stone enclosure in front of the memorial tower.

Wikipedia: 原爆供養塔 (JA)

10. Children's Peace Monument

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The Children's Peace Monument is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

Wikipedia: Children's Peace Monument (EN)

11. 蓮照寺

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蓮照寺

Renjoji is a temple of Nichiren sect in Ushida Higashi, Higashi -ku, Hiroshima -shi, Hiroshima. The mountain is Mt. Fukuju. A wooden demon mother god 倚。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 Mogami Inari Hiroshima Betsuin.

Wikipedia: 蓮照寺 (広島市東区) (JA)

12. Hijiyama park

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Hijiyama park retouch: M9106TB / Attribution

Mt. Hijiyama is a small hill with an altitude of 71.1 m located in Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. This section also describes the park centered on Mt. Hiji, and the area located in the vicinity that bears the name of the town "Mt. Hiji".

Wikipedia: 比治山 (JA)

13. 安楽寺

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Anrakuji Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located at 1-chome, Ushida Honmachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Tsunaga. The main hall is an atomic bombed building.

Wikipedia: 安楽寺 (広島市東区牛田) (JA)

14. 本願寺広島別院

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本願寺広島別院

Honganji Hiroshima Betsuin is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji faction in Teramachi, Naka -ku, Hiroshima -shi, Hiroshima. It is a center temple of the Jodo Shinmon, called the Akemon of the former Aki Country.

Wikipedia: 本願寺広島別院 (JA)

15. 旭山神社

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Asahiyama-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kii, Nishi Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The local people are familiar with the Koi no jinja Shrine. One of the existing buildings of the bomb.

Wikipedia: 旭山神社 (JA)

16. The Gates of Peace

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The Gates of Peace

The Gate of Peace is a public art piece that stands along Peace Boulevard in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It was created and donated in 2005 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing.

Wikipedia: 平和の門 (JA)

17. 上野学園ホール

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Hiroshima Prefectural Culture and Arts Hall (Hiroshima Prefectural Culture and Arts Hall) is a multi-purpose hall located in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. It is nicknamed "Ueno Gakuen Hall" (Ueno Gakuen Hall).

Wikipedia: 広島県立文化芸術ホール (JA), Website

18. 東照宮

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Hiroshima Tōshō-gū (広島東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is Tōshō-gū shrine, which enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima Tōshō-gū (EN)

19. Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims

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Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims

The Memorial Monument (Genbaku Shibatsu Salehi) is a memorial to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The official name is the Hiroshima Peace City Memorial Monument.

Wikipedia: 原爆死没者慰霊碑 (JA)

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