Honkawacho

Honkawacho is a locality in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima. Honkawacho is situated nearby to the locality Tokaichimachi, as well as near Yokogawa.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hiroshima Kinen Hospital and Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum.

Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum

Museum

Photo: Kiyokun, Public domain.

The Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum is a museum of the Peace in Honkawacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. The school was the closest school to ground zero of the Hiroshima bombing.

Shima Naika Hospital

Hospital

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Shima Hospital is a Japanese hospital, now clinic, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nishi-ku and Nagarekawacho.

Nishi-ku

Suburb

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Nishi-ku is one of eight wards in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in Nishi-ku.

Nagarekawacho

Neighborhood

Photo: Miyuki Meinaka, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nagarekawacho is a neighborhood.

Minami-ku is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2. Minami-ku is situated 2½ km southeast of Honkawacho.

Honkawacho

Type: Locality
Location: Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.39655° or 34° 23′ 48″ north

Longitude

132.4489° or 132° 26′ 56″ east

Elevation

9 metres (30 feet)

Open location code

8Q6J9CWX+JH

GeoNames ID

11777364

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In Other Languages

“Honkawacho” goes by many names.

Japanese: “本川町”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Tokaichimachi and Yokogawa.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Honkawa-cho and Tokaichi-machi.

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