Hiroshima Tourist Attractions
List of Hiroshima Tourist Attractions
Itsukushima Shrine
Itsukushima Shrine is a sacred place deeply rooted in Japan's history and culture. Constructed in the year 593, the year of Emperor Suiko's ascension, it is known as "Aki no...
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was opened in 1955 with the aim of conveying the realities of the damage caused by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima to the world, and contrib...
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
The Atomic Bomb Dome is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Hiroshima City, and it is a building that was damaged by the first nuclear weapon used in human history. It r...
Yamato Museum (Kure Maritime Museum)
The Yamato Museum (Kure Maritime History and Science Museum) is a museum that introduces the history of Kure City, which thrived as a military port where the battleship "Yam...
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle, known for its beautiful main keep built by Mori Terumoto in 1589, is also referred to as "Rijou" (Carp Castle). After the Battle of Sekigahara, the castle ...
Miyajima Aquarium
Miyajima Aquarium is one of the leading aquariums in the Chugoku region, featuring about 350 species and over 13,000 specimens primarily from the Seto Inland Sea. It was ren...
Shukkei-en Garden
Shukkeien Garden is a daimyo garden built in 1620 as a retreat for the Hiroshima feudal lord, Asano Nagamasa, by his tea-master retainer, Ueda Soko. It is known to have been...
Kaijouji Eitaikurashiryoukan (Tetsu no Kujirakan)
Kure Maritime Museum (commonly known as the "Museum of Iron Whale") is the only museum in Japan where you can enter an actual submarine. Here, the submarine "Akishio," which...
