Flame of Peace

Flame of Peace: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this heritage site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Flame of Peace

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Flame of Peace — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.39345, 132.45274. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Flame of Peace

• Children's Peace Monument · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
• The Gates of Peace · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
• Honkawa Elementary School gymnasium · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
• 本川小学校平和資料館 · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
• Shirakami-sha · temple · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• 旧国泰寺愛宕池 · sanctuary · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Hiroshima Children's Museum · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine · temple · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Enryū-ji · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• 永徳寺 観音院 · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima · attraction · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Hiroshima Castle · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• 本願寺広島別院 · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• Noboricho Catholic Church · church · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• Former Outpatient Wing of Hiroshima Teishin Hospital Peace Museum · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• 多聞院 · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• 千田公園 · park · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Flame of Peace

Other forts & heritage near Flame of Peace

• Children's Peace Monument · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
• The Gates of Peace · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
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• 石見銀山遺跡 · fort · Shimane Prefecture · ~100 km · Must-see
• Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~106 km · Must-see
• Hagi Reverberating Furnace · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~119 km · Must-see
• :Ebisugahana Shipyard · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~119 km · Must-see
• Hagi Castle · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~123 km · Must-see
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• Ozu Castle · fort · Ehime Prefecture · ~123 km · Must-see

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