Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology-The Daily Ledger

The was the first museum of meteorology in Japan. It is located in Ebayama Park in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

History

Opened as the Japanese first Prefecutal meteorological observatory in Kako-machi, Hiroshima, Aki, Hiroshima on January 1, 1879. Moved to Kokutaiji-machi, Hiroshima, Aki, Horoshima on December 31, 1892. New building was completed in Eba-machi, Hiroshima in 1934. Moved to the new building on January 1, 1935. Nationalized as the Hiroshima weather station of the Central Meteorological Observatory of the Ministry of Education on November 1, 1939. Renewed as the Hiroshima Meteorological Observatory of the Ministry of Transport in November 1943. Suffered from the A-bomb, lost staff and instruments but continued the observation on August 6, 1945. Renamed as the Hiroshima District Meteorological Observatory on August 11, 1945. Suffered great damage from the Makurazaki Typhoon on September 17, 1945. Renamed sa the Hiroshima Local Meteorological Observatory on November 1, 1949. The competent authorities was changed to the Meteorological Agency on July 1, 1956. The Hiroshima Local Meteorological Observatory was moved to Kami-hachobori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima on December 22, 1987. The building was placed under the Hiroshima City to preserve on November 1, 1990. The building was reborn as the first Museum of Meteorology in Japan on June 1, 1992. The building was designated as an important cultural asset by Hiroshima City on July 25, 2000. Started the weather forecast for Hiroshima city area on July 20, 2003.

Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology

Museum

Permanent exhibitions

Study tour of the weather forecast

search the weather information through the internet

Videos

Instruments for the weather observation

Experiment services of the weather

Wind capsule

Laboratories of Franklin

Consultations about the weather

Special exhibitions

Education programs

Science show

Delivery services of the science show

Science workshop

Natural science

Science volunteer activities

Internship system

Weekly mail magazine

Museum shop

Modern cultural heritage

Prewar style building

Windows with the shorter side at the top

Side belt and other parts of the wall with uneven decoration

Simple geometric design

Thin eaves of the porch

Original design of the capitals

Time consumed interior decorations

photos

A-bombed building

Preserved the A-bombed wall

Bent window frame by the bomb blast

The wall with the stuck grass

photos

Access

Hiroden Eba-sakae-machi bus stop

Hiroden Eba Station

Atomic Bombing - August 6, 1945

Makurazaki Typhoon - September 17, 1945

one of the three largest Typhoons of the Shōwa era

1229 dead, 1054 injured, 783 missing in Hiroshima Prefecture

A Blank in the Weather Map

Non-fiction book about the Hiroshima Meteorological Observatory in 1945

written by Kunio Yanagida

Hiroshima Witness

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