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The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated to documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. The museum was established in August 1955 with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (now the International Conference Center Hiroshima [ ja ] ).
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum collects and displays belongings left by the victims, photos, and other materials that convey the horror of that event, supplemented by exhibits that describe Hiroshima before and after the bombing and others that present the current status of the nuclear age.
Mar 7, 2012 · Built in 1955 and part of architect Kenzo Tange's Peace Center design, it is visited by over a million visitors a year from across Japan and around the world who come to learn about the August 6, 1945 A-bombing and its aftermath. The museum is divided into two sections.
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This Hiroshima travel guide is part of our series on Japan Travel, East Asia Travel, and Asia Travel. It was originally created on May 14, 2014. It has been maintained and updated (as of December 27, 2018) on our blog to reflect current viewpoints and travel destinationtrends.
Courtesy of Visit Hiroshima There are two tram options for reaching the Peace Park and Memorial Museum. You can either take the Tram bound for Eba and Miyajimaguchi from JR Hiroshima Station and get off at “Genbaku Domu-mae.” The other option is to take the Yoshijima-bound tram from JR Hiroshima Station and getting off at the “Heiwa-kinen-koen” sto...
Peace Memorial Museum
Visiting the Peace Memorial Museum is a hard thing to face but a place that we all should. To make things a bit more complicated, we arrived during one of Japan‘s busiest holidays—Children’s Day. This was our last chance to see the Peace Memorial learn more about the world-changing event. Whether or not one feels either the Hiroshima-destined bomb or the dropped on Nagasaki to be justifiable, a large portion of humanity lost its consciencein August 1945.
Informative and Non-Confrontational
Hiroshima does not explicitly use the Peace Memorial Museum as a jab at those responsible for the destruction. Instead, the building promotes peace education and awareness through its history as an example. After seeing images of nuclear bomb development and Hiroshima just before the bombing, I can barely prepare for what’s next. Prior to entering the Main Building, there’s a section dedicated to peace and a nuclear-free world. It surely makes one think there’s still hope for the world and ou...
The Main Building
The images and stories found inside the Main Building are the most gut-wrenching and tear-inducing I’ve come across in life. There were seemingly countless tragic stories of families—forget buildings or bases—destroyed by The Bomband the first images I will always remember are the wax figure recreations of people losing skin to the extreme heat produced by the explosion. Among the other troubling sights, we walked past tattered remains of clothing, hair, and even fingernails saved by devoted...
It perfectly captures one of the world’s worst tragedies but leaves one with hope for the future. To a large degree, the people in Hiroshima have moved on. One thing clearly lacking is a pointed finger for the destruction imposed on its people. What exists in abundance is hope for a peaceful world in the future. Hiroshima was a separation between p...
Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park and Museum serves as a powerful symbol of peace and a reminder of the devastating consequences of nuclear war. The park covers an area of about 122,000 square meters and is home to various monuments and memorials, including the Cenotaph and the Flame of Peace.
The Peace Memorial Museum collects and exhibits the belongings of survivors, as well as photographs and materials showing the devastation caused by the bomb, and introduces the history of Hiroshima before and after the bombing, and the situation in the nuclear age.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum collects and displays belongings left by the victims, photos, and other materials that convey the horror of that event, supplemented by exhibits that describe Hiroshima before and after the bombing and others that present the current status of the nuclear age.
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