Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Hiroshima, Japan
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6.7 km
89 m
Explore Hiroshima in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in HiroshimaIndividual Sights in HiroshimaSight 1: 永徳寺 観音院
Kannonin is a Shingon sect temple in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The principal is Dainichi Nyorai.
Sight 2: 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.
Sight 3: 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.
Sight 4: Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall
Book Ticket*Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan.
Wikipedia: Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims (EN)
Sight 5: 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.
Sight 6: Bell of Peace
The Peace Bell is a bell located in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 7: Children's Peace Monument
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 8: Monument in Memory of the Korean Victims of the A-bomb
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.
Sight 9: Flame of Peace
The Peace Lamp is a fire and firepit located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Sight 10: Rest House
Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Park Rest House (Hiroshi to Hiroshi Iwakinenkoen Rest House) is a tourist information center and rest area in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Sight 11: Hypocenter
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 12: Hiroshima Orizuru Tower
Book Ticket*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.
Sight 13: Honkawa Elementary School gymnasium
The Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum is a museum of the Peace in Honkawacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 14: Hiroshima Children's Museum
The Hiroshima Children's Museum is a science museum for children in Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 15: Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja (広島護国神社) is a Japanese Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 16: Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is an art museum founded in 1968. It was reconstructed in 1996. It is located near Shukkei-en in Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 17: Shukkei-en
Book Ticket*Shukkei-en (縮景園) is a historic Japanese garden in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is located adjacent to the garden.
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