”Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims”, an unmissable place in Peace Memorial Park
Everyone would visit the Atomic Bomb Dome and the Peace Memorial Museum when they visit the Peace Memorial Park; on the other hand, it takes time and makes you tired to walk around in the park where there are many memorials and monuments to see, and you may miss some places to visit.
Still, we would strongly recommend you to visit “Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims” and “Rest House”. These two facilities are free of charge.
We think that each facility has its own role to play; the "Peace Memorial Museum" nearby is the place to learn about the atomic bomb, such as the history of Hiroshima and the actual situation of the atomic bombing, and the "Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims" is a place to mourn the atomic bomb victims and think about the peace.
Since it is a facility that you go down underground, it can be hard to find from the ground. Try not to miss it.
At the entrance on the ground, a clock monument that is indicating the time of the atomic bombing at 8:15 has been set up toward the hypocenter, and around that placed are bombed tiles excavated from this area.
When you go all the way down, you reach to the Hall of Remembrance. Its wall represents the panoramic view of A-bombed city, which is drawn by using as many tiles as 140,000, the number of the atomic bomb victims at the end of 1945.
You will see the water flowing here and there in this building; it means to be offered for those who died, craving water. In this room, again, the clock monument that indicates the time of 8:15 is placed as a fountain, and all you can hear is the sound of water flowing in this peaceful space.
This object itself also represents the hypocenter and is also the point where you can see the 360-degree direction from it.
At the lower part of the tiled wall that depicts the city, the name of the address at that time is written in Japanese. Its position indicates the distance from the hypocenter, meaning it is further as it goes from bottom to top.
For those living in Hiroshima, it is easier to find which direction the familiar address is in.
We would appreciate it if you could quietly accept what you saw and heard, in this peaceful space with only the sound of water.
This is a place that tells us that the life of each precious person surely existed in Hiroshima. It is also a place where you may be able to meet your relatives. You can use the computer devices to search individual victims here.
The victims of the atomic bomb are not only Japanese. Including those who had come from overseas and stayed in Hiroshima at that time, you can meet them if they were registered.
Languages are available in English, Chinese, and Korean.
The testimonies and experiences of those who have survived through that time will make our determination for peace in the future stronger.
Still, we would strongly recommend you to visit “Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims” and “Rest House”. These two facilities are free of charge.
We think that each facility has its own role to play; the "Peace Memorial Museum" nearby is the place to learn about the atomic bomb, such as the history of Hiroshima and the actual situation of the atomic bombing, and the "Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims" is a place to mourn the atomic bomb victims and think about the peace.
Since it is a facility that you go down underground, it can be hard to find from the ground. Try not to miss it.
The hall of remembrance
When you enter the facility, it makes you go down further. Here, you walk down slowly the counterclockwise slope, which in the sense that it goes back to the past.
When you go all the way down, you reach to the Hall of Remembrance. Its wall represents the panoramic view of A-bombed city, which is drawn by using as many tiles as 140,000, the number of the atomic bomb victims at the end of 1945.
You will see the water flowing here and there in this building; it means to be offered for those who died, craving water. In this room, again, the clock monument that indicates the time of 8:15 is placed as a fountain, and all you can hear is the sound of water flowing in this peaceful space.
This object itself also represents the hypocenter and is also the point where you can see the 360-degree direction from it.
At the lower part of the tiled wall that depicts the city, the name of the address at that time is written in Japanese. Its position indicates the distance from the hypocenter, meaning it is further as it goes from bottom to top.
For those living in Hiroshima, it is easier to find which direction the familiar address is in.
We would appreciate it if you could quietly accept what you saw and heard, in this peaceful space with only the sound of water.
Victims' Information Area
In this area, the names and photographs of the victims of the atomic bomb are presented.This is a place that tells us that the life of each precious person surely existed in Hiroshima. It is also a place where you may be able to meet your relatives. You can use the computer devices to search individual victims here.
The victims of the atomic bomb are not only Japanese. Including those who had come from overseas and stayed in Hiroshima at that time, you can meet them if they were registered.
Special Exhibition Area
Out of over 100 thousand of atomic bombing experience memoirs saved in this hall, the memoirs are exhibited in according with the certain themes selected in each term. Here you can watch a related video of the survivors’ experience. The victims' relics and related exhibits are also displayed.Library
In this area, you can read the atomic bombing survivors’ memoirs and watch the testimonial videos. You can also search more specific information about registered victims.Languages are available in English, Chinese, and Korean.
The testimonies and experiences of those who have survived through that time will make our determination for peace in the future stronger.
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