Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
# Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology

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

### Education programs

* Science show
   * Delivery services of the science show
* Science workshop
* Natural science
* Science volunteer activities
* Internship system
* Weekly mail magazine

## 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
