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Attraction · Hiroshima

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Built on the ground directly beneath the detonation. The museum is difficult, deliberately, and it is the most important thing to do in Japan.

Time needed2–3 hours
Best timeMorning
CostPark free · museum small fee
DistrictNaka
About

The ground beneath the hypocentre

This park occupies what was Nakajima, the commercial heart of Hiroshima, obliterated at 8:15 on 6 August 1945. Rather than rebuild, the city turned it into a place of memory. The Peace Memorial Museum sets out what happened using the possessions and testimony of the people it happened to, and it is unsparing — this is not a museum that softens anything. The park around it holds the cenotaph, the eternal flame that will burn until the last nuclear weapon is gone, and the children’s monument hung with folded cranes.

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What to See

What is in the park

The museum first, then the monuments — the order matters for understanding them.

🏛 The museum

  • Personal effects, testimony and photographs from the day itself
  • Allow 90 minutes; it is emotionally demanding

🕊 The monuments

  • The cenotaph, aligned so the Dome is framed through it
  • The Flame of Peace, and the Children’s Peace Monument

📜 The archive

  • The National Peace Memorial Hall, free, holding survivor accounts
  • Quieter than the main museum and easily missed
Getting There

Getting to the park

Central Hiroshima, and the tram is the way locals reach it.

🚋 By tram

  • Genbaku Dome-mae stop, directly at the northern end
  • About 15 minutes from Hiroshima station

🚌 By bus

  • The sightseeing loop bus stops at the park, free with a JR Pass

🎫 Tickets

  • The park is free and open; the museum charges a small fee
Best Time

When to visit

Give it a morning, and do not schedule anything demanding after it.

🕘 Hour

  • From opening, before school groups arrive
  • The museum becomes very slow-moving by mid-morning

📅 6 August

  • The annual memorial ceremony; profoundly moving and extremely busy
  • Lanterns are floated on the river that evening

⏱ Pace

  • Leave the afternoon light — most people need it
Visitor Intelligence

Visitor intelligence

This is a memorial before it is an attraction, and it should be approached that way.

🗣 Language

  • The museum is fully bilingual with excellent English throughout
  • Audio guides are available and worth taking

🎎 Guide value

  • High. Survivor testimony sessions are offered and are extraordinary
  • Book ahead if you want one — they are limited

📷 Photography

  • Permitted, but consider whether it is appropriate in each space
  • People are grieving here; some are survivors and their families

👨‍👩‍👧 Family

  • The museum is graphic and unsuitable for young children
  • The park itself is calm and appropriate for all ages
Nearby

Close by

Hiroshima and the bay.

Atomic Bomb Dome
North end of the park · immediate
Miyajima Island
By ferry · 1 hour
Good to Know

Frequently asked

Two to three hours, of which the museum takes about ninety minutes. It is emotionally demanding and most visitors want unscheduled time afterwards rather than a packed afternoon.
The museum is graphic and distressing and is not suitable for young children. The park, cenotaph and Children’s Peace Monument are appropriate for all ages.
The park and all its monuments are free. The Peace Memorial Museum charges a small admission fee, and the National Peace Memorial Hall is free.
Testimony sessions from hibakusha and their families are offered, and they are the most powerful part of a visit. Numbers are limited, so arrange it in advance.
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