Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Hiroshima, Japan

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 94 m
Descend 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 Hiroshima

Sight 1: 永徳寺 観音院

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永徳寺 観音院

Kannonin is a Shingon sect temple in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The principal is Dainichi Nyorai.

Wikipedia: 観音院 (広島市) (JA), Website

1222 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

438 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall

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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)

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Bell of Peace

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Bell of Peace

The Peace Bell is a bell located in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan.

Wikipedia: 平和の鐘 (広島市) (JA)

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: 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)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Flame of Peace

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The Peace Lamp is a fire and firepit located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 平和の灯 (広島市) (JA)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Rest House

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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.

Wikipedia: レストハウス (広島市) (JA)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: 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.

Wikipedia: おりづるタワー (JA), Website

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Honkawa Elementary School gymnasium

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The Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum is a museum of the Peace in Honkawacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.

Wikipedia: Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum (EN)

535 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Hiroshima Children's Museum

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The Hiroshima Children's Museum is a science museum for children in Hiroshima, Japan.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima Children's Museum (EN)

1284 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 15: Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine

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Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja (広島護国神社) is a Japanese Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine (EN)

777 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 16: Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum (EN)

267 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Shukkei-en

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Shukkei-en

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.

Wikipedia: Shukkei-en (EN)

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