Audio tour · Japan

Hiroshima

A self-guided audio walking tour of Hiroshima.

Hiroshima is not a heavy city to walk, which surprises most people who come expecting to be overwhelmed. The Peace Memorial Park sits open to the river and the sky, and the city that rebuilt itself around it feels calm, unhurried, genuinely pleasant to move through on foot. The weight of what happened here is present but never crushing, woven into a place that has chosen to live forward, and the two together make it unlike anywhere else. In the app, 20 stops in Hiroshima are narrated aloud, about 34m of listening across 3 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 33 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.

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What you'll hear in Hiroshima

The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial. This structure was once the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.
Hiroshima Castle. When you look at this structure, you are looking at a site that has been completely rebuilt.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Children's Peace Monument. You are standing here, passing by a monument that tells a powerful story of peace.
Hiroshima Museum of Art. When you walk past this museum, you're passing through a place that has a deep connection to.
Mitaki-dera. It was first founded way back in 809 during the Daidō period.

All 20 stops in Hiroshima

Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route.

Landmark (12)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hiroshima Museum of Art
Mitaki-dera
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum
Ninoshima
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park
Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum
Hayatani Shrine

Historic (5)

Enkobashi-cho Station
Aki-Kameyama Station (1936–2003)
Imaida Station
Kegi Station
Kōdo Station (Hiroshima)

Museum (1)

Hiroshima Castle

Monument (1)

Children's Peace Monument

Bridge (1)

Ōta River Bridge

Walking routes in Hiroshima

Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.

Hiroshima Peace Park and Its Stories. A moving walk through the heart of the Peace Park taking in memorials, monuments, and museums that carry the memory of August 6 1945. (8 stops)
Hiroshima Castle and the Hills Beyond. From the white carp castle through an atmospheric tram-era station and a striking contemporary art museum out to the serene temple of Mitaki-dera. (4 stops)
Asa Zoological Park and the Old Kabe Line. A northern excursion pairing Hiroshima's beloved zoo with three surviving reminders of the long-gone Kabe Railway that once served this valley. (4 stops)