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“Connecting” History, People and Towns, and “connecting” past, present, and future

“Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Park Rest House” is the only building that retains the vestiges of the time before the atomic bombing. The concept is to “connect” history, people and towns, and “connect” to the future. It is a new center of exchange that conveys the history and memories of the hypocenter and the former Nakajima district to visitors from Japan and abroad, as well as locals, and “connects” history, people, towns, and the future with “Hiroshima.”

City & Unity

Connecting the City
[Tourist Information, Local Product Sales]

・The Tourist Information Center offers peace tours and other engaging programs.
・The Rest House Shop sells local products and souvenirs from Hiroshima Prefecture.
・The ceiling of the passageway shows scorch marks from the fire caused by the atomic bombing.

At the tourist information counter, you can find tourist information about the Hiroshima metropolitan area and peace tours departing from and arriving at Peace Memorial Park. We also have a large selection of tourist brochures for each region in Hiroshima prefecture.

Rest House shop sells carefully selected miscellaneous goods, foods, and other souvenirs as well as specialties mainly from within the prefecture. Please stop by when you visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for sightseeing.

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People & Rest

Where People Can Come Together
[Rest/Cafe Hall]
Akiko’s Piano

・The cafe hall is open for light refreshments. Original blend coffee and sweets are available,
and anyone is welcome to take a rest. Akiko’s piano, which is also an A-bombed artifact,
is on display to convey the tragedy of the atomic bombing.

The Rest House offers?? a space where you can relax slowly with a calm atmosphere. From the windows, you can see the Motoyasu River and the Atomic Bomb Dome, and feel the lush greenery of Peace Park.

Piano Cafe offers various drinks such as coffee and latte, as well as original cookies and sweets.

At the Piano Cafe, “Akiko’s piano (A-bombed piano)”, which is also an A-bombedartifact, is on display to convey the tragedy of the atomic bombing.

bombed piano

We have Free Lounge, which is usually used as a break space. It is also possible to rent the room for tourism PR events.

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The Former Nakajima Area to
Present Day

Connect History and Culture
[Exhibition and Multipurpose Rooms]

・In the exhibition room, there are four sections: “Origin & History of the Nakajima district,”
“The Nakajima district “The Nakajima district before the atomic bombing,” “History of the building,”
and “Message to the future,” and a diorama (relocated from the Peace Memorial Museum) in the center of the room,
which displays photos and other information on the history of the Nakajima district and the rest house.
・On the ceiling of Exhibition Room 1, visitors can see a part of the roof (floor slab) that collapsed due to the blast.

The old Nakajima-cho, which appears in the movie “In This Corner of the World” is also introduced along with the video. Rest House has also appeared as a Taishoya kimono shop.

Panels are displayed in a spacious space. We hope that you will be able to see the history of this place and revolve around your thoughts on peace.

A diorama of the former Nakajima district is displayed in the center of the exhibition room. You can feel what kind of town Peace Memorial Park and its surroundings were before the atomic bombing.

A multi-purpose room is also available. It can be used for a wide range of purposes such as meetings and training. Please contact us for more information.

It introduces the transition of the old Nakajima district, which was once a bustling town, and the history of Rest House, which is also an A-bombed building, through photographs.

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B1F

Approx. 170 m. from the Hypocenter
Underground

Connecting History and Culture
[Exhibition Room]

・The museum exhibits the memoirs of Eizo Nomura,
the only person in the Fuel Hall at the time of the atomic bombing who survived,
pictures of the building at the time of the bombing and photos of the Fuel Hall immediately after the bombing.
・In order to improve the environment for visitors,
a new floor has been installed over the original to eliminate the height gap between the two rooms.
(There is a place where you can partially see the original floor from before the bombing.)

This article introduces excerpts from the A-bomb memoirs of the late Eizo Nomura, who survived the atomic bombing in this basement.

Even after being hit by the blast from the atomic bomb, it has not collapsed and has retained its original form to this day.

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Free public wireless LAN service (HIROSHIMA FREE Wi-Fi) is available on all floors. Restrooms are located on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors.

※Barrier-free and wheelchair accessibility inside the building