🏛️ Museum
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima's moving museum of the 1945 atomic bombing and the case for nuclear disarmament.
Typical duration
90 min
Price
~¥200 entry (≈ €1.2 / $1.3)
From port
4.5 km / 2.8 mi
Transfer time
30 min
Indoor / Outdoor
indoor
Queue risk
medium
🕐 Best time to visit
Open from 08:30; go early to beat tour groups
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum tells the story of the bombing through the belongings, photographs and testimony of those who lived and died that day - a tricycle, a scorched school uniform, the shadow of a person on stone steps. It is deliberately unflinching and can be harrowing, especially for children, but it closes on a clear, hopeful argument for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Allow at least an hour; audioguides and English signage make an independent visit easy.
Getting there from the port
At the south end of the Peace Memorial Park, a short walk from Genbaku Dome-mae