Hiroshima · Day Tour
Two hours in Peace Memorial Park, with someone who can explain what you are standing in.
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¥4,000 per person
approx. US$25
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
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A guided walk through Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, from the Atomic Bomb Dome to the hypocentre, the Children's Peace Monument and the Flame of Peace. The park is open to anyone; what a guide adds is the human detail behind each monument, and the context that makes the place legible rather than simply solemn.
The building was a commercial exhibition hall and was almost directly beneath the detonation, which is why part of it is still standing. It has been left exactly as it was. Your guide explains what the building was before, and the long argument in Hiroshima about whether to preserve it or clear it away.
A short walk from the Dome, a plain plaque marks the point above which the bomb exploded. There is nothing dramatic about it and most people walk past. Standing there with the geography explained is the moment the scale of what happened tends to land.
The Children's Peace Monument was built for Sadako Sasaki and the children who died of radiation illness in the years afterwards. The memorial to mobilised students remembers more than ten thousand schoolchildren. Your guide tells these as individual histories rather than as figures.
The Flame of Peace has burned since 1964 and is intended to stay lit until the last nuclear weapon is gone. The park was designed as an argument, not only as a memorial, and understanding that changes how you read every part of it.
Meet your guide at the Dome.
A short walk to the point of detonation.
The schoolchildren of Hiroshima.
One of the few buildings in the park to survive.
Sadako Sasaki, and the years afterwards.
The centre of the park, and what it was designed to say.
The Atomic Bomb Dome, Otemachi 1-chome, Naka Ward. Your guide carries a Travel Japan Together sign and will contact you on WhatsApp beforehand.
No. The museum takes at least ninety minutes on its own and is best visited separately. Your guide will tell you what to expect and how to plan it.
That depends on the child and on your judgement. The material is handled carefully and without graphic imagery, but it is not softened. Tell your guide the ages when you book.
Your English-speaking guide and the guided walk. Entry to the park is free; transportation and meals are not covered.
Two hours, flat, within the park. There is shade in parts and benches throughout.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time. Bookings are confirmed instantly.
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