Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
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Established | January, 1879, built in December, 1934, moved current place in January, 1935 |
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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 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.
- 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 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
- 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
See also[]
- Atomic Bombing - August 6, 1945
- - September 17, 1945
- one of the three largest Typhoons in Shōwa period
- 1229 dead, 1054 injured, 783 missing in Hiroshima Prefecture
- A Blank in the Weather Map
- Non-fiction book about the Hiroshima Meteorological Observatory in 1945
- written by
- Hiroshima Witness
References[]
External links[]
- Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
- Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
- Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology @ architecture in Hiroshima
- Record the day of A-bomb by the Campbell–Stokes Sunshine Recorder
- Location from Google Maps
Coordinates: 34°21′58″N 132°26′06″E / 34.366174°N 132.43513°E
Categories:
- Museums established in 1879
- 1879 establishments in Japan
- Monuments and memorials in Japan
- Museums in Hiroshima
- Natural history museums in Japan
- Science museums in Japan
- History museums in Japan
- Monuments and memorials concerning the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki