Peace Memorial Museum reopens its doors after closure of one-and-half months, with no limit on visitor admission numbers
Jun. 22, 2021
by Kana Kobayashi, Staff Writer
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward, reopened on June 21, one-and-a-half months after the facility’s recent closure designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus virus. The reopening was decided after the area’s state of emergency was lifted. Unlike after previous periods of closure, the museum has not set a limit on visitor admissions and will remain open between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., its typical hours.
There were not many visitors to the museum on June 21, since it was a weekday. However, tourists wearing face masks toured the museum after sanitizing their hands and taking their body temperatures. Yuta Hiratsuka, 31, an engineer from Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, was quoted as saying, “I learned a lot, including about the long-term health effects of the atomic bombing.”
The museum was temporarily closed this past May 10 for the third time based on the Hiroshima Prefectural government’s intensive countermeasures against the coronavirus. When it had reopened after previous closures, the museum set maximum visitors at a certain number of people every 30 minutes. The museum is not imposing a limit on visitor numbers this time, confident it has learned how to effectively carry out the necessary virus countermeasures. The Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, which is located nearby the museum in Naka Ward, has also reopened.
The city government will continue to successively reopen 474 municipal facilities, including ward community culture centers, by June 24.
(Originally published on June 22, 2021)
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, in Hiroshima’s Naka Ward, reopened on June 21, one-and-a-half months after the facility’s recent closure designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus virus. The reopening was decided after the area’s state of emergency was lifted. Unlike after previous periods of closure, the museum has not set a limit on visitor admissions and will remain open between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., its typical hours.
There were not many visitors to the museum on June 21, since it was a weekday. However, tourists wearing face masks toured the museum after sanitizing their hands and taking their body temperatures. Yuta Hiratsuka, 31, an engineer from Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, was quoted as saying, “I learned a lot, including about the long-term health effects of the atomic bombing.”
The museum was temporarily closed this past May 10 for the third time based on the Hiroshima Prefectural government’s intensive countermeasures against the coronavirus. When it had reopened after previous closures, the museum set maximum visitors at a certain number of people every 30 minutes. The museum is not imposing a limit on visitor numbers this time, confident it has learned how to effectively carry out the necessary virus countermeasures. The Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, which is located nearby the museum in Naka Ward, has also reopened.
The city government will continue to successively reopen 474 municipal facilities, including ward community culture centers, by June 24.
(Originally published on June 22, 2021)
