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Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
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#14 in museums · Hiroshima

Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum

Naka Ward, Hiroshima

4.7★★★★★★★★★★146 reviews

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Why it's in the ranking

We blend the rating (4.7) with the volume of 146 reviews to compute a confidence score of 4.23 (out of 5).

💎 Superbly rated but still under the radar — the kind of place locals know before the guides do.

Opening hours

● Open now
  • Monday: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM
  • Thursday: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM
  • Friday: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM
  • Saturday: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM
  • Sunday: 09:00 AM – 05:00 PM

Approximate location

Address: 1-chōme-5-39 Honkawachō, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0802, Japan

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What visitors say

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  • ★★★★★★★★★★Joshua Lipscomb· 2 months ago

    Intimate atom bomb museum in one of the few surviving buildings from the bomb. Great model of the city depicting the landscape after the bomb. Museum collection includes artifacts like stones from building and melted bottles.

  • ★★★★★★★★★★Dustin· 9 months ago

    This was a sad and humbling experience. To learn about the children who died instantly due to the atomic bomb exploding only a few hundred meters away just made me very sad. I'm American and I know that Japan did many bad things during t…

  • ★★★★★★★★★★Benny Istanto· a year ago

    How they designed the building (around 1940) is impressive. They are counting on every aspect to make the people (and children) are save. But somehow the atomic bomb is evil!

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