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

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Hiroshima, Japan! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Hiroshima. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

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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 largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. The main keep was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original that now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history before World War II, and other castle buildings have been reconstructed since.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima Castle (EN)

2. 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)

3. Hiroshima Orizuru Tower

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Orizuru Tower is a commercial complex located in Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is adjacent to the Atomic Bomb Dome, a World Cultural Heritage Site, 90 meters to the east. It is owned and operated by Hiromatsu Holdings Co., Ltd., which operates Hiroshima Mazda.

Wikipedia: おりづるタワー (JA), Website

4. Hypocenter

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HypocenterMicha L. Rieser / Attribution

In a narrow sense, hypocenter refers to the center of the explosion of nuclear weapons such as atomic bombs. In a broad sense, it refers to the center of the explosion of a powerful bomb. In addition, the place where a major incident occurs, a place where a major epidemic or social phenomenon occurs is also sometimes called the hypocenter.

Wikipedia: 爆心地 (JA)

5. Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims

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Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims

The Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims is a memorial monument located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The official name is Hiroshima Peace City Monument.

Wikipedia: 原爆死没者慰霊碑 (JA)

6. Rest House

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Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Park Rest House (Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Park Rest House) is a tourist information center and rest area located in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

Wikipedia: レストハウス (広島市) (JA)

7. 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

8. Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum

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The Yoriyamayo Historical Site Museum (Yoriyamayo Historical Site Museum, Lai Mr./Ms. Yoshiseki Ryokan) is a museum located in Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, exhibiting materials related to Yorisanyo and Yoriie.

Wikipedia: 頼山陽史跡資料館 (JA), Website

9. Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

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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)

10. 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)

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

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The Korean Atomic Bomb Victims' Memorial Monument is a memorial monument to the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bombing in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. It was originally installed at the site where the body of Lieutenant Colonel Lee Gu of the Imperial Japan Army, a member of the Joseon royal family, was found (across the river from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park), but later moved to its current location.

Wikipedia: 韓国人原爆犠牲者慰霊碑 (JA)

12. 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)

13. 龍蔵院

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Ryuzoin is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Ushida Higashi 3-chome, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Hiroshima Shin Shikoku 88 Sacred Sites No. 26. Also with Ushidayama Ryuzoin.

Wikipedia: 龍蔵院 (広島市) (JA)

14. 本願寺広島別院

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本願寺広島別院

Honganji Hiroshima Betsuin (Honganji Hiroshima Betsuin) is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located in Teramachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is the central temple of the activities of the Jodo Shinshu monks, who are called Akimon disciples of the former Aki Province.

Wikipedia: 本願寺広島別院 (JA)

15. 報専坊

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Hosenbo is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located in Teramachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. In the middle of the Edo period, Keiun came out and raised monks. Completely destroyed by an atomic bomb. Ginkgo trees exposed to radiation remain in the temple grounds.

Wikipedia: 報専坊 (JA)

16. 慈光寺

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慈光寺 Lumi iori / CC BY-SA 3.0

Jikoji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Kusatsu Higashi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Fumon. Commonly known as Mr./Ms. Kusatsu. The former main temple is Manganji Temple in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City.

Wikipedia: 慈光寺 (広島市) (JA)

17. Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound

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Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound

The Atomic Bomb Memorial Tower is a memorial tower located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Built on August 5, 1955 (Showa 30). It was designed by Haruo Yoshida and built by Teruo Sakata of Sakata Stone Shop. The name is engraved in front of the stone fence in front of the memorial tower.

Wikipedia: 原爆供養塔 (JA)

18. 妙風寺

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Myōfuji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Higashihakushima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Hakushima, and the name of the temple is called Mahayana-in. The former main temple is Ōmotoyama Honkuji Temple (Rokujōmon-ryū). Until the war, the Kiyosho Festival at Myopuji Temple was considered one of the three major festivals in Hiroshima.

Wikipedia: 妙風寺 (広島市) (JA)

19. 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)

20. 蓮照寺

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蓮照寺

Renshoji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Ushida Higashi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Fukuju Mountain. The wooden statue of the Oniko Mother God and the statue of the Ten Arab Maidens are designated as designated cultural properties of Hiroshima City. Mogami Inari Hiroshima Betsuin.

Wikipedia: 蓮照寺 (広島市東区) (JA)

21. 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)

22. 心行寺

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Shingyoji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Hakushima Kukencho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Tokudome Mountain. The name of the temple is Hakugo-in.

Wikipedia: 心行寺 (広島市) (JA)

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