| HIROSHIMA PEACE TOURISM

Commentaries from Japan Tourism Agency

- Atomic Bomb Dome
The Atomic Bomb Dome, also known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is one of the largest structures t...
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is the largest of the city’s venues related to the atomic bomb. ...
- Monument to Toge Sankichi
Located within the Peace Memorial Park is a simple monument to Toge Sankichi (1917–1953), a young po...
- Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
The starkly imposing memorial hall for Hiroshima’s A-bomb victims, completed in 2002, puts human exp...
- Hiroshima Andersen
Hiroshima-born Andersen is one of Japan’s best-loved upmarket bakery brands, and a longstanding favo...
- Fukuya Hatchobori Store
The Fukuya department store was the talk of Hiroshima when it first opened in 1938 on Chuo-dori Aven...

- Shukkeien Garden
Shukkeien, Hiroshima’s famous Japanese garden, is deeply entwined with local history spanning centur...
- Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, located next to Shukkeien Garden, is one of western Japan’s la...
- Memorial Cathedral for World Peace (Assumption of Mary Cathedral)
An impressive example of modern architecture, the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace was completed i...
- Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle has a history that stretches back to the late sixteenth century. The catalyst for t...