Shirakami-sha

Shirakami-sha is a Shinto shrine in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima. Shirakami-sha is situated nearby to the garden 旧国泰寺愛宕池, as well as near the hotel ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima.

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Type: Shinto shrine
Description: Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “Shirakami-sha Shrine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum and Hondōri.

Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum

Museum

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Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum is situated 150 metres northeast of Shirakami-sha.

Hondōri

Railway station

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Hondōri Station is an HRT terminal station on the Astram Line, located in Hondōri, Naka-ku, Hiroshima. This is the lowest station in the Astram Line. Hondōri is situated 320 metres north of Shirakami-sha.

Shima Naika Hospital

Hospital

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Shima Hospital is a hospital, now clinic, in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the exact location where the atomic bombing of Hiroshima took place on August 6, 1945. Shima Naika Hospital is situated 520 metres north of Shirakami-sha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Minami-ku.

Nagarekawacho

Neighborhood

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Nagarekawacho is a neighborhood.

Minami-ku

Suburb

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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.