Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park hosts tour on 25 October
Published on 09/27/2026 at 13:33 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park will host the Peacepo Dialogue Tour on 25 October 2026, a guided programme linking memorial sites with Hiroshima's football culture. The tour begins at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum entrance at 10am and continues through the park before ending at the Hiroshima Soccer Museum.
The programme is organised by Peacepo Youth and Peace Culture Village, with Sanfrecce Hiroshima as co-organiser. It offers a fixed-date reason to visit the park during October in Hiroshima, Japan.
Peacepo Dialogue Tour begins at the park on 25 October
The organiser describes the tour as an interactive peace-learning programme developed by Hiroshima high-school students. Participants follow a route through the park and discuss questions connected with the Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims, the Rest House, the Children's Peace Monument, the Memorial Tower Dedicated to Mobilised Students and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
The route then moves towards the former Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium site and Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima. The organiser's tour notice says the programme includes a visit to the football museum and an AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies match scheduled for 2pm on 25 October 2026. The tour finishes at the Hiroshima Soccer Museum.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park connects remembrance and sport
The park was built as a commemorative facility under the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Law, promulgated in August 1949. It was later renovated in preparation for the fiftieth anniversary of the atomic bombing.
The Hiroshima Convention and Visitors Bureau records an area of 122,100 square metres for the park, including the Atomic Bomb Dome. The park map and history identify the Dome as a building severely damaged by the atomic bomb on 6 August 1945. UNESCO added the Hiroshima Peace Memorial to the World Heritage List in 1996.
The October tour follows this physical history rather than treating the park as a single memorial point. Its route places the Cenotaph, children's monument and Dome alongside sites associated with post-war reconstruction and present-day sport.
Visiting Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The Peacepo Dialogue Tour takes place on 25 October 2026 from 10am, meeting outside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and ending at the Hiroshima Soccer Museum.
- The programme uses named sites inside the park, including the Cenotaph, Rest House, Children's Peace Monument and Atomic Bomb Dome, before continuing towards Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima.
- The park is in central Hiroshima. Hiroshima Electric Railway streetcars serve the Genbaku Dome-mae stop on the edge of the park, according to the Hiroshima Convention and Visitors Bureau map.
- The route includes outdoor paths and several separate memorial sites. The programme also moves to a football museum and a match venue, so it is a walking itinerary rather than a single-building visit.
- Japanese is the official language of Japan and the national currency is the yen.
- Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.
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Frequently asked questions about Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
When does the Peacepo Dialogue Tour take place at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park?
The tour begins at 10am on 25 October 2026 at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum entrance.
What is included in the Peacepo Dialogue Tour?
The route visits memorial sites in the park, continues to Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima and ends at the Hiroshima Soccer Museum. The organiser also lists an AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies match at 2pm on 25 October 2026.
Where is Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and how do you get there?
The park is in central Hiroshima, beside the Motoyasu and Honkawa rivers. The Genbaku Dome-mae streetcar stop is shown on the Hiroshima Convention and Visitors Bureau map.
