Travel Blog Photos from Hiroshima (4,214)
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... The crossing was short but leaving the island was a bit of a sad moment because it pretty much wraps up my sightseeing in Japan. It was quite a reflective moment actually...I've seen and done so much in the last month and I'm not keen for it to end ...
... at the war museum that the bomb 'had to be tested' to justify government spending, despite the war being virtually over. However, Hiroshima is not a city mourning the past. Its contains all the good things about Tokyo - modern, clean, energetic - but ...
As Andrea was still on vacation, we decided to meet up and spend four nights in Hiroshima, which for obvious reasons is one of Japan`s most visited cities. Both of us had a "Seishun Juhachi Kippu" rail pass which meant that it was exceptionally cheap to ...
Ben Reporting: Obviously a city like Hiroshima comes with some pre-conceptions from a Westerners point of view. It was the first city in history to be bombed by an atomic bomb, an action that, in a flash, destroyed an entire city and ended WWII. Some ...
1-2 Nakajima-cho Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan

Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan

21-1 Moto-machi, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan

1-1 Hijiyama Koen, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan

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Japan Starter Kit
Posted on Nov 7, 2009, 09:24:35
... short visit, but give it a little time and you may end up enjoying it even more than its bigger, northern neighbor. Hiroshima and Miyajima really shouldn't be missed. The contrast between the memorial park area and Hiroshima's friendly, modern city ...
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Where to stay, what to do....???
Posted on Feb 27, 2009, 14:53:07
... city with a tragic bit of history. Now that is a place I would not miss for the world if I were in Japan. I read and loved 'Hiroshima' by , an American Pulitzer Prize-winner originally born in China. It recounts the lives of six survivors after ...
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Advice on Japan
Posted on Nov 12, 2009, 11:25:27
... . . . If you're coming for a week with plans to start and finish in Tokyo, as well as include Kyoto, Hiroshima and potentially Nagoya, you should definitely get a Japan Rail Pass. A one-week pass is ¥28,300 for each of you (don't get the Green Car ...
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Where to stay, what to do....???
Posted on Feb 27, 2009, 05:11:55
... and Kyoto, with side trips to Miyajima and Himeji! Was a knackering 10 days but well worth it. I really recommend Hiroshima. I think it's a brilliant little city with a tragic bit of history. I'd recommend saving as much as possible as the ...
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