Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Hiroshima, Japan
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9.7 km
177 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: 國前寺
Kokuzenji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Yamane-cho, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. There is Onaga Tenmangu Shrine right next to it.
Sight 2: 東照宮
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.
Sight 3: 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.
Sight 4: Noboricho Catholic Church
The Assumption of Mary Cathedral also called Memorial Cathedral of World Peace (世界平和記念聖堂) is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 5: Live & Evevt Space HIROSHIMA BACK BEAT
HIROSHIMA BACK BEAT is a live music venue located in Mikawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is also written as Hiroshima BACK BEAT and Hiroshima Back Beat. The abbreviation is H-BB.
Sight 6: 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.
Sight 7: Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum
The Yorisanyo Historical Site Museum is a museum located in Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, that exhibits materials related to Yoriyamayo and Yoriie.
Sight 8: Former Bank of Japan
The former Bank of Japan Hiroshima Branch is a former branch office of the Bank of Japan located in Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Sight 9: Shirakami-sha
Shirakamisha is a shrine located in Nakamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima. The former Gosha is affectionately called "Shirakami-san" by the citizens.
Sight 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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 13: Flame of Peace
The Peace Lamp is a fire and firepit located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Sight 14: 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 15: 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 16: Bell of Peace
The Peace Bell is a bell located in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 17: 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 18: 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 19: Honkawa Elementary School gymnasium
The Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum is a museum of the Peace in Honkawacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.
Sight 20: 永徳寺 観音院
Kannonin is a Shingon sect temple in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The principal is Dainichi Nyorai.
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