Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum

Very personal perspectives of the atomic bomb attack

This was on my shortlist of 'must see' places in Hiroshima and I visited it before the former Bank of Tokyo and the Peace Memorial Museum. The individual accounts of pupils, staff and residents are ve...

A little creepy but very informative

Old writings on the wall, some calling for help, some marking their names and messages to their families. Remember these were kids back then and they were already writing touching messages to their fa...

Very moving museum

A very small museum in a former elementary school that was blown out bu the bomb. It served as a makeshift meeting and aid center because it was one of the few buildings left remotely standing afterw...

very impressive

Part of ruins of elementary school where all the teachers and pupils were killed by the atomic bomb except three who was luckily in the B1 level was renovated and stands next to the current school h...

Very moving place with many stories you won't forget, and should never forget

My wife and I visited this school during a rainy day, and the stories that are in this small museum make the experience of Hiroshima a lasting one. This school was an aid station after the bombing, a...