Number of Peace Memorial Museum visitors in fiscal 2021 increases by 23%, 400,000, with number of group visitors picking up slightly
Apr. 12, 2022
by Taiki Yomura, Staff Writer
On April 11, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, in the city’s centrally located Naka Ward, announced it’s visitor count was 405,987 in fiscal 2021, which ended March 31, 2022. In the new coronavirus pandemic, the number of group visitors by students on school trips has picked up slightly, increasing by 77,397 (23.6 percent) from fiscal 2020. However, the number of visitors was 1,352,759 (76.9 percent) fewer than in fiscal 2019, the largest number ever, due to the temporary closures during the period of the spread of the new coronavirus.
In fiscal 2021, there were no temporary closures or restrictions on the number of visitors during the autumn school trip season from October to December, so the number of group visitors increased by 71,766 (80.8 percent) compared to fiscal 2020. The number of international visitors was 14,220, increasing by 2,028 (16.6 percent) compared to fiscal 2020, but the percentage of total international visitors to the museum remained low at 3.5 percent compared to just under 30 percent in fiscal 2018 and 2019.
Meanwhile, the museum closed for 150 days due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. It is approximately 40 percent of the annual opening schedule, and an increase of 35 days compared to fiscal 2020.
Museum director, Takuo Takigawa, held a press conference at Hiroshima City Hall and said, “We would like to make the museum website multilingual and enhance online accounts of A-bomb survivors to attract visitors after the coronavirus pandemic ends.”
On April 11, the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims (located in Naka Ward) also announced that the number of visitors was 62,058 in fiscal 2021. The number represented the decrease of 7,355 (10.6 percent) compared to fiscal 2020, and continued to be the lowest on record following fiscal 2020. Masayuki Kubo, director of the hall said, “Foreign visitors to Japan, who originally accounted for about 40 percent of the total number of visitors, decreased due to the entry restrictions on the new coronavirus and affected the total number of visitors.”
(Originally published on April 12, 2022)
On April 11, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, in the city’s centrally located Naka Ward, announced it’s visitor count was 405,987 in fiscal 2021, which ended March 31, 2022. In the new coronavirus pandemic, the number of group visitors by students on school trips has picked up slightly, increasing by 77,397 (23.6 percent) from fiscal 2020. However, the number of visitors was 1,352,759 (76.9 percent) fewer than in fiscal 2019, the largest number ever, due to the temporary closures during the period of the spread of the new coronavirus.
In fiscal 2021, there were no temporary closures or restrictions on the number of visitors during the autumn school trip season from October to December, so the number of group visitors increased by 71,766 (80.8 percent) compared to fiscal 2020. The number of international visitors was 14,220, increasing by 2,028 (16.6 percent) compared to fiscal 2020, but the percentage of total international visitors to the museum remained low at 3.5 percent compared to just under 30 percent in fiscal 2018 and 2019.
Meanwhile, the museum closed for 150 days due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus. It is approximately 40 percent of the annual opening schedule, and an increase of 35 days compared to fiscal 2020.
Museum director, Takuo Takigawa, held a press conference at Hiroshima City Hall and said, “We would like to make the museum website multilingual and enhance online accounts of A-bomb survivors to attract visitors after the coronavirus pandemic ends.”
On April 11, the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims (located in Naka Ward) also announced that the number of visitors was 62,058 in fiscal 2021. The number represented the decrease of 7,355 (10.6 percent) compared to fiscal 2020, and continued to be the lowest on record following fiscal 2020. Masayuki Kubo, director of the hall said, “Foreign visitors to Japan, who originally accounted for about 40 percent of the total number of visitors, decreased due to the entry restrictions on the new coronavirus and affected the total number of visitors.”
(Originally published on April 12, 2022)
