Hiroshima ¨C The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which documents the world¡¯s first atomic bombing, attracted 2,580,926 visitors in fiscal 2025, hitting a record high for the third straight year, its operator said Friday.
The tally for the year that ended Tuesday was up 14% from the previous year, the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation said.
Foreign visitors numbered 945,618, accounting for more than 30% of the total.
The increase in visitors can be attributed to a growing sense of crisis over the potential use of nuclear weapons and a rise in the number of foreign travelers to Japan amid the yen¡¯s weakness, the foundation said.
¡°Having many visitors here amid a chaotic global situation means a lot for sharing the realities of nuclear weapons,¡± Yoshifumi Ishida, director of the museum, told a news conference.
Meanwhile, the number of visitors to the Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims rose 10.6% to 515,784, marking a record high for the second straight year.
Both the museum and the memorial hall are located in Hiroshima¡¯s Peace Memorial Park.
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