Hiroshima Things to Do

A hypocenter is defined as the point directly below the center of the explosion of an atomic bomb, but it is also used to refer to the point in the earth where an earthquake occurs. In Hiroshima, the...

Miyajima, or Shrine Island, is the nickname for the island formally named Itsukushima. The island is famous for the Itsukushima Shrine, which was established in the 6th Century, and it became a UNESCO...

This 1958 reconstruction is less than 10 minutes walk from the peace park, and well worth taking in if you are in the area. It's far from the most spectacular castle in Japan but still well and truly...

Shukkeien Garden was first built in 1620. It was built to look like a miniature version of the West Lake in Hangzhou, China. It served as the local daimyo's garden for centuries and was altered over...

Hondori is the main shopping street in Hiroshima. This covered, pedestrian-only street stretches nearly a kilometer. Hondori, literally meaning main street, has been the main shopping area of the city...

Setoda town a small island in the Seto Inland Sea. Among others it has an original temple which is brightly coloured and has a 'tunnel of hell!', an art museum dedicated to Ikuo Hirayama, a famous...

Everyone who travels to Hiroshima goes to Peace Park, and one of the most inspiring monuments is that of Sadako Sasaki, the little girl who folded the paper cranes in hopes of recovering from...

Parts of Honkawa Elementary School withstood the atomic bomb, so it served as the school for local children in the area (including those who had previously attended other schools that no longer...

HIROSHIMA PREFECTUAL ART MUSEUM. Great collection (3400 artistic pieces) with some of Picasso's drawings & Dali's art. Exhibitions of the Collection is charged at 500 yen (discount with Hiroshima...

Sumiyoshi Shrine is a riverfront Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima, not far from the epicenter of the atomic bomb explosion in 1945. To date, two pine trees that survived the blast remain next to the shrine....

Fukuromachi Elementary School was located near the epicenter of the atomic bomb. Most of the school was made of wood, so it was all destroyed, but a small part made of concrete survived the blast....

The Memorial Cathedral for World Peace was built in 1954 by Reverend Hugo Lassalle, who's church was destroyed by the atomic bomb. He himself nearly died. He actually travelled to Vatican City to meet...