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Hiroshima, a modern city on Japan’s Honshu Island, was largely destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II. Today, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park commemorates the 1945 event. In the park are the ruins of Genbaku Dome, one of the few buildings that was left standing near ground zero. Other prominent sites include Shukkei-en, a formal Japanese garden, and Hiroshima Castle, a fortress surrounded by a moat and a park.

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10 October 2016 – Hiroshima – Japan Vacation Part 8

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After a few days in Kyoto, we took a day trip to Hiroshima. I’ve not been back here since 2009, at the time I rode the train for 5 hours, walked to the peace memorial, then went strait back to Tokyo. I didn’t realize one of the most famous shrines (photograph) in Japan was located here. The Itsukushima Shrine is located on an Island on the south west side...