Hiroshima Children's Museum

photo by Taisyo · CC BY 3.0

photo by Taisyo · CC BY 3.0

A planetarium opened in 1980, with a 20 m dome and 253 seats; the museum is free, the planetarium 510 yen.

On the fourth floor, the planetarium dome, twenty metres across measured from the inside, has 253 seats, redone between 2015 and 2017 together with the projectors. On the floors below, children get to touch the devices: some are old, the reviews say, but children enjoy using them all the same. The museum opened on 1 May 1980, and since September 2017 it has also carried the commercial name ‘5-Days’.

The museum opened on 1 May 1980 in Hiroshima Central Park, between the castle and the Honkawa River. On the first three floors you experiment with science through hands-on activities; the fourth is the planetarium, with a dome twenty metres in diameter (interior measurement) and 253 seats, renewed together with the projectors between 2015 and 2017. Since 1 September 2017 it has also carried the commercial name ‘5-Daysこども文化科学館’, through naming rights, but the official name remains 広島市こども文化科学館.

ℹ️ Open 9:00–17:00, closed on Mondays (except public holidays), on the weekday after a public holiday, and from 29 December to 3 January. The museum is free; the planetarium costs 510 yen for adults, 250 for high school students and over-65s, and is free below junior high; for groups of thirty people, the prices are 410 and 200 yen. Weekday shows are at 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00; at weekends and during school holidays, shows at 10:00 and 16:00 are added.

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Sources: pyonta.city.hiroshima.jp · ja.wikipedia.org · 4travel.jp · jalan.net

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