Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Hiroshima, Japan

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 9.7 km
Ascend 175 m
Descend 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 Hiroshima

Sight 1: 國前寺

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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.

Wikipedia: 國前寺 (JA)

695 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

1656 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

673 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Noboricho Catholic Church

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Noboricho Catholic Church Original uploader was Taisyo at jp.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Assumption of Mary Cathedral, Hiroshima (EN)

1202 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 5: Live & Evevt Space HIROSHIMA BACK BEAT

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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.

Wikipedia: HIROSHIMA BACK BEAT (JA), Website

621 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: 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)

148 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: 頼山陽史跡資料館 (JA), Website

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Former Bank of Japan

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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.

Wikipedia: 旧日本銀行広島支店 (JA)

187 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Shirakami-sha

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Shirakami-sha Ujinaport / CC BY-SA 3.0

Shirakamisha is a shrine located in Nakamachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima. The former Gosha is affectionately called "Shirakami-san" by the citizens.

Wikipedia: 白神社 (JA)

490 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: 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)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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)

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: 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)

522 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 19: 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)

1471 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 20: 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

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