Children’s Science Museum

Children’s Science Museum

Entry is free for children under 6. The price for school-age kids is 250 yen and 500 yen for adults. Under 6 year old children must be accompanied by a paying adult. Throughout the year there are special events held at this museum and special workshops held in Japanese for kids about science.

Wondering what to do with kids who have had too much sun or who want to explore, create and have fun on a rainy day? The Children’s museum, library and planetarium is a great option. Called the [こども文化科学館 kodomo-kagaku-kan] in Japanese, this museum originally opened in 1980, entry is free for everything except the planetarium show. There are two floors of activities for kids to enjoy (while learning about science), special workshops in Japanese and public access to the attached children’s library.

The Children’s Museum is located in the center of Hiroshima city, next to the Green Arena convention center and the Family pool- a short walk from A-bomb Dome (Genbaku-dome-mae) tram or bus stop (heading north away from the Peace Park). There is a old-fashioned train next to the museum children can climb on, on the other side of the museum is the Family pool (open July-August) and in front of it there is a large concrete courtyard popular with skateboarders and BMX trick riders.

Entry to the museum is free except to the Planetarium. The main building has a 1st floor science discovery area where you can manipulate machines to learn about gravity and electric currents and measure your speed by racing on a short track. There is also a maze that you can climb through and access the second floor or shoot down a slide at the end back to the first floor