Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology

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.
• Nationarized 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 the important cultural assets 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

• A-bombed building

• Preserved the A-bombed wall
• Bent window frame by the bomb blast
• The wall with the stuck grass

• Access

• Hiroden Eba-sakae-machi bus stop
• Hiroden Eba Station