Fold and bloom: Hiroshima Peace Flower Workshop - Bring peace home from Hiroshima

[Overview]
This program offers Western tourists visiting Hiroshima an experience where they can feel the importance of peace in their hearts and express it in their own words through the creation of origami cranes and peace flower wreaths. Participants can take commemorative photos with their completed wreaths and origami cranes in Peace Park, share the emotion with family and friends, and take peace flower seeds or pressed flowers as souvenirs to their countries to keep blooming for years to come.

[Highlights] Creating a flower wreath with flowers symbolizing peace and offering flowers.

[Itinerary]
13:20 Meet at the rest house entrance, guided tour of the Atomic Bomb Dome & the Children's Peace Crane Statue
13:30 Rest House: Wreath making, writing messages on origami cranes
14:30 Peace Park: Peace Axis, Atomic Bomb Survivor Aogiri Tree, Memorial Monument, etc., peace photo time & flower offering
14:50 Peace Park: Disbandment
[Details]
1. Introduction to the atomic bombing, Sadako Sasaki & the thousand origami cranes in front of the Children's Peace Statue and the Atomic Bomb Dome
2. Introduction to flower materials and production methods, then wreath making
3. Writing messages for peace and folding origami cranes
4. Souvenir presentation
5. Peace photo time with guide (Peace Axis, Atomic Bomb Survivor Aogiri Tree)
6. Flower offering (Memorial Monument)

INFORMATION

date
Generally Sundays and public holidays
Start time
13:00
Target age
None (Only those who can create it alone)
Travel time
2 hours 30 minutes
Number of participants
4 to 10 people
price
15,000 yen (Price as of September 2025)
Included in the price: Flower materials, souvenir
Meeting place
Peace Park Rest House
address
1-1 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City
Phone Number
080-6315-9531
Fax number
0823-55-3652
email address
info@m-et-a.com
Reservation Website
Supported Languages
English
French
Japanese, French, English
Parking notes
Please use the nearby paid parking lots.

ACCESS


1-1 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City

Public transportation: 20 minutes by streetcar or bus from JR Hiroshima Station.

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