Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
広島市江波山気象館

Established	January, 1879, built in December, 1934, moved current place in January, 1935
Location	40-1, Ebaminami 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Director	Date Saburo
Website	www.ebayama.jp

The Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology (広島市江波山気象館, Hiroshima-shi Ebayama Kishōkan) 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.

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