Modern up to date facilities which can get very crowded and a museum with a questionable approach and lack of structure.
The building the ticketing and the staff are excellent. When I visited crowds were an issue, often so heavily packed that it was impossible to approach exhibits. This should be regulated through the tickets.
The museum repeated it self quite often showing a lack of structure a cohesion.
My biggest complaint is this is a museum that forced you to mourn and be sad, sharing heart breaking stories instead of focusing on a more critical approach it goes full on a cathartic one. The political climate, the Japanese empire, the discussion of the allies about the bombing are missing. We only focus on individual sob stories.
Detailed description of tragedy that happened in 6th of August 1945. Most likely the darkest day in human mankind.
Lot of stories of victims and survivals. You need atleast 2 hours to read through.
Very sad, but important to see!
Hiroshima is a must visit in Japan trip. Peace museum gives account of victim of which rest of the world doesn’t even have slightest of clue. Some of the photographs are really disturbing. I saw some school kid sobbing as they were quite disturbed.
Impact on victims is beyond imagination.
Worst part is they hardly mentions the culprit. I wish they would have openly mentioned USA. But Japan wants to be politically correct and dont want to upset their “ally”.
Must visit museum. Say no to Nukes.
This is a tough museum to visit, nevertheless it's important that we don't forget the past and that we honor the lives of all those that died in one of the darkest moments of WWII. The museum is structured to take you through a narrative that includes the level of destruction (pre explosion then post explosion), artifacts of the countless victims, the horrific after effects of the radiation poisoning, and it ends with an explanation of all the efforts since to drive towards peace and de-nuclearization (weapons wise). Unfortunately for us, we got there when bus loads of tourists poured in, making the experience inside the very narrow exhibit halls extremely uncomfortable...to the point of claustrophobia. The air circulation was very poor that day. It definitely impacted our experience, so I highly recommend you go early, don't wait until early afternoon. There are lockers to store your backpack (not suitcases) for 100 yen.
As someone interested in history I had to visit. I already knew a lot about the general facts on the war so I was glad to see a focus on individual stories and the general population. The atmosphere in the museum was "fitting" too - there were a lot of people but it was completely quiet except for some people crying. The visit definitely stays on my mind and I often think about the stories of survivors and the terrible things that happened to the people of Hiroshima as a result of the bomb. I hope that the victims of the bomb would see this as a good way of honoring and mourning them!
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