Foreigners Flock To Hiroshima Museum

Above, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The Peace Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima, Japan has announced the attendance figure of foreign visitors in 2013.

The Japan Times reported:

HIROSHIMA – Visits to The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum by foreign tourists hit a record high of 200,086 in 2013, the museum announced Wednesday.

The total number of visits to the museum in 2013 was 1,383,129 — an increase of approximately 100,000 over the previous year.

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