Complete Tour of Hiroshima City

The Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium is the home of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Hiroshima’s professional baseball team. Famous Carp players include former team member Kuroda Hiroki, who played for the New York Yankees, and Maeda Kenta, who is currently playing for the Minnesota Twins. 2020 marks the 70th anniversary since the team was founded. The Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium opened in 2009 and is the second generation of the original stadium. It is a place where you can watch baseball games and enjoy great food and shopping at the team’s original souvenir stores.

[Admission fee (unreserved
seating)]
High School students and
above – ¥1,900
Elementary/Junior High School
students – ¥900
※ Depending on the game, it
is possible that tickets will sell
out.

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a facility that exhibits materials related to the atomic bombings. Such items include artifacts of A-bomb survivors as well as photographs and drawings that illustrate the devastation of the bombing. More than 400,000 foreign visitors have visited the museum to date, and overseas visitors account for 20-30% of the total number of visitors. The exhibits at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum are divided into five areas in total and appeal to the world for peace from two main perspectives: “What happened in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and how the city was rebuilt,” and “How terrible and destructive nuclear weapons really are.” Audioguides (400 yen per unit) are also available for rent to help visitors learn more about the exhibits. The audio guides are available in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, and Thai.

(Exhibition admission fee)
18+ – ¥200
High School student – ¥100
Junior High School student
or under – Free
※ If you are a student, please
present your passport or
school ID at reception when
purchasing your ticket.

Hiroshima Castle was built in the year 1599 by Hiroshima’s most powerful warrior and leader at the time, Mori Terumoto. The castle featured a five-story Castle Tower, a Honmaru Palace, and a moat that flows like a river. Unfortunately, both the Castle Tower and the Honmaru Palace were destroyed by the atomic bombing in 1945, and only the Castle Tower has been reconstructed. The castle tower now houses the Hiroshima Castle Museum, which exhibits materials related to Hiroshima’s history, the Mori family, local folklore, and natural history.

(Entry fee)
18+ – ¥370
Senior citizen – ¥180
High School student – ¥180
Junior High School student
or under – Free
※ For students and senior
citizens, please present
identification to verify your age
such as your passport, or
school ID, at reception when
purchasing your ticket.

Located in the center of Hiroshima City, the museum is adjacent to the Shukkeien Garden, a national scenic beauty with abundant greenery.
From the lobby and rest rooms, you can enjoy the seasonal scenery of the Shukkeien Garden, which was built as a feudal garden for the Asano family, lords of the Hiroshima domain.
The museum is also home to a wide variety of artworks, including the “Imari Bowl with Design of Flowers and Plants in Color” and “Itsukushima” (Important Cultural Property), “Art Works Related to Hiroshima” by Ay Mitsu, Entsuba Shozo, Hirayama Ikuo, etc., “Japanese and Asian Crafts” including folk art works by Kawai Takujiro and Hamada Shoji, Central Asian dyeing and weaving, and metalwork, as well as The collection includes over 5,000 works (including those deposited) under the theme of “Art of the 1920s and 1930s,” such as Salvador Dali’s “Dream of Venus” and Isamu Noguchi’s “Reminiscence. The collection is changed four times a year and introduced in exhibitions. Volunteer guides from the Tomo no Kai provide easy-to-understand information about the works.
In addition, the Special Exhibition Room holds about six special exhibitions a year. Many events such as lectures and concerts are held in conjunction with the special exhibitions.