Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art was established on May 3, 1989. The first public art museum in Japan devoted exclusively to contemporary art, it is located in the Hijiyama Park which has a splendid view of Hiroshima and is famous for its cherry blossoms. Designed by Kisho Kurokawa in a style reminiscent of, among other things, an colonnade, agora and a Japanese storehouse (Kura), it presents an image not restricted to a single country or era. As the building rises from its foundations the natural fabric of stone gives way to man-made tiles and aluminium, reflecting the development of civilization from the past to the future along the stream of time.

Opening Hours
10:00 - 17:00 (Last entry 16:30)
Open until 19:00 from April 1 to 4, May 3, and Nov.3.
CLOSED Mondays
(unless Monday is a national holiday, in which case the museum will be closed on next ordinary day.)
Dec.27-Jan.1,4