• The museum is operated by the Honkawa Elementary School PTA, as well as former members of the PTA, and is cleaned and maintained by the students.
  • It was a short walk from streetcar Honkawa-cho stop. The school entrance gate was wide opened and it was easy to miss the sign “Honkawa Peace Museum”.
  • As the closest school to the hypocenter (about 410 meters away), Honkawa National School (today Honkawa Elemtary School) received great damage.
  • A big part of the school was destroyed in the Hiroshima bombings during World War II. Just 6 months after the tragedy, the school reopend with 45 students and...
  • ...were preserved as a testament to the destructive power of nuclear weapons, and in May 1988, these became the Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum.
  • This museum is situated in a school and is dedicated to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. ... Point of interest. Honkawa Bridge - Hiroshima.
  • An elementary school building damaged by the atomic bomb emphasizes the misery of war and the importance of peace. Honkawa Elementary School was...
  • The museum is dedicated to educating visitors about the events of the bombing and promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
  • ...Elementary School Peace Museum One of the closest structures (around 400 m) to the centre of the atomic bomb explosion of 1945, the Honkawa Elementary...
  • n Hiroshima City, there are several buildings which were hit by the atomic bomb during World War II such as the A-bomb Dome. Of these, Honkawa Elementary...
  • The Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum (本川小学校平和資料館 Honkawa Shogakkou Heiwa Shiryokan) is a museum of the Peace in Honkawacho...
  • Compared to Fukuro-machi Elementary School Peace Museum, this museum has a darker feel to it overall, although it's less informative and less modern in...
  • ADDRESS Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum 1-5-39 Honkawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City 730-0802 082-232-3431.