Admission fees at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum to rise in April
Sep. 17, 2015
by Michiko Tanaka and Masanori Wada, Staff Writers
It was learned on September 1 that the City of Hiroshima has decided to raise admission fees to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Naka Ward on April 1, 2016. The fee for adults and college students will rise to 200 yen from the current 50 yen. Anticipating an annual revenue increase of about 120 million yen, the city plans to earmark the additional revenue for preserving buildings and structures which survived the atomic bomb and for pursuing other peace-related measures. The city will submit an ordinance amendment at the regular meeting of the Hiroshima City Council scheduled for September 14.
The change in admission fees will also apply to visitors aged 65 and older and high school students, with their fee increasing from the current 30 yen to 100 yen. At the same time, admission for junior high school students and younger children will remain free. If the bill passes, the admission fee for adults will change for the first time since 1972, when it rose from 20 yen to 50 yen.
According to the city’s budget for the last fiscal year, the operating costs of the museum were 336 million yen. However, its revenue was only 56 million yen, generated from admission fees and rental fees for halls and other facilities. The deficit is offset by the city’s general budget. The city had already disclosed at the regular city council meeting in June that it was considering raising the admission fee, saying that the increase would cover the exhibition costs among the museum’s operating expenses. The planned admission fee of 200 yen for adults is the same as that of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
In addition to this increase in revenue, the city will also pursue the idea of having a portion of the “A-bomb Dome Preservation Fund” be allotted for the preservation of A-bombed buildings and measures to convey the tragedy of the atomic bombing.
(Originally published on September 2, 2015)
It was learned on September 1 that the City of Hiroshima has decided to raise admission fees to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Naka Ward on April 1, 2016. The fee for adults and college students will rise to 200 yen from the current 50 yen. Anticipating an annual revenue increase of about 120 million yen, the city plans to earmark the additional revenue for preserving buildings and structures which survived the atomic bomb and for pursuing other peace-related measures. The city will submit an ordinance amendment at the regular meeting of the Hiroshima City Council scheduled for September 14.
The change in admission fees will also apply to visitors aged 65 and older and high school students, with their fee increasing from the current 30 yen to 100 yen. At the same time, admission for junior high school students and younger children will remain free. If the bill passes, the admission fee for adults will change for the first time since 1972, when it rose from 20 yen to 50 yen.
According to the city’s budget for the last fiscal year, the operating costs of the museum were 336 million yen. However, its revenue was only 56 million yen, generated from admission fees and rental fees for halls and other facilities. The deficit is offset by the city’s general budget. The city had already disclosed at the regular city council meeting in June that it was considering raising the admission fee, saying that the increase would cover the exhibition costs among the museum’s operating expenses. The planned admission fee of 200 yen for adults is the same as that of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
In addition to this increase in revenue, the city will also pursue the idea of having a portion of the “A-bomb Dome Preservation Fund” be allotted for the preservation of A-bombed buildings and measures to convey the tragedy of the atomic bombing.
(Originally published on September 2, 2015)
