Shrine
Hiroshima Gokoku
Hiroshima•717m(9 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 3
Orizuru Tower
おりづるタワーHiroshima
Viewpoint
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Orizuru Tower is a building with an observation deck in Otemachi, Hiroshima, 90 meters east of the Atomic Bomb Dome. It opened in 1978 as an office building and was renovated by the architect Hiroshi Sambuichi, reopening in 2016.
The renovation turned the roof into an open hill with a spiral slope running up from the ground floor, and the outer walls were stripped to the frame to let the wind through. Because the site lies in the buffer zone of the World Heritage Dome, the walls are covered in greenery and the colors were chosen to blend with the surroundings. Observation spaces are on the 12th and 13th floors and the roof, and in the Orizuru Wall on the 12th floor, visitors can drop folded paper cranes into a glass atrium.
Goshuin within a short walk
Temples, shrines and castles near Orizuru Tower that give goshuin, closest first.
How do I visit?
Visit Duration
45 minutes
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