Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
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- Park
- …is also known as “Carp Castle”
- …is wheelchair accessible
- …is operated by 広島城アソシエイツ
- …dates from 1592
- Description: castle
- Address: 1, 基町, 中区, 広島市, 広島県
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine and HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM.
HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is an art museum founded in 1968. HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL ART MUSEUM is situated 640 metres east of Hiroshima Castle.
Jōhoku Station
Jōhoku Station is a HRT station on Astram Line… Jōhoku Station is situated 430 metres north of Hiroshima Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Higashi-ku.
Higashi-ku
Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards located in Hiroshima, Japan.
Hiroshima Castle
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Latitude
34.40153° or 34° 24′ 6″ north
Longitude
132.45951° or 132° 27′ 34″ east
Open location code
8Q6JCF25+JR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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leisure=park
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tourism=museum
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Hiroshima Castle” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kështjella Hiroshima”
- Arabic: “قلعة هيروشيما”
- Aragonese: “Castiello d’Hiroshima”
- Azerbaijani: “Hiroşima qəsri”
- Basque: “Hiroshimako gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Castell d’Hiroshima”
- Catalan: “castell de Hiroshima”
- Catalan: “Castell Hiroshima”
- Central Bikol: “Kastilyo nin Hiroshima”
- Chinese: “广岛城”
- Chinese: “廣島城”
- Czech: “Hirošima”
- Czech: “Hrad Hirošima”
- Dutch: “Hiroshima Castle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعه هيروشيما”
- Esperanto: “Hiroŝima-jo”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo de la karpo”
- Estonian: “Hiroshima kindlus”
- French: “castel de Hiroshima”
- French: “Château de Hiroshima”
- French: “château de la Carpe”
- French: “Hiroshima-jō”
- German: “Burg Hiroshima”
- German: “Hiroshima-jō”
- German: “Karpfenburg”
- German: “Rijō”
- German: “広島城”
- German: “鯉城”
- Greek: “Κάστρο της Χιροσίμα”
- Hebrew: “טירת הירושימה”
- Indonesian: “Istana Hiroshima”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Hiroshima”
- Italian: “Castello di Hiroshima”
- Japanese: “Hiroshima-jō”
- Japanese: “ひろしまじょう”
- Japanese: “在間城”
- Japanese: “広島城”
- Japanese: “当麻城”
- Japanese: “鯉城”
- Javanese: “Istana Hiroshima”
- Javanese: “Kadhaton Hiroshima”
- Javanese: “Kastil Hiroshima”
- Korean: “히로시마성”
- Malayalam: “ഹിരോഷിമ കാസിൽ”
- Marathi: “हिरोशिमा किल्ला”
- Persian: “قلعه هیروشیما”
- Polish: “Zamek Hiroshima”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Hiroshima”
- Russian: “Замок карпа”
- Russian: “Замок карпов”
- Russian: “Замок Хиросима”
- Russian: “Хиросимский замок”
- Slovenian: “Grad Hirošima”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Hiroshima”
- Spanish: “Castillo Hiroshima”
- Turkish: “Hiroşima Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок карпів”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Хіросіма”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Хіросіми”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Хірошіма”
- Ukrainian: “Хіросімський замок”
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