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Hiroshima has declared itself an international city of peace, and Peace Memorial Park symbolizes its commitment to a nuclear weapons-free world, as well as commemorating the victims of a brutal fact of history. Despite the seri... more
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Travelbibi said
… luggage in lockers at train stations for the day. I visited the castle, the peace memorial park with its… continue reading »
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This museum is, from a moral and historical standpoint, one that perhaps all visitors to Hiroshima should visit. It contains heartbreaking and informative exhibitions and items connected with that fateful August 6th day in 1945... more
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SEV said
… to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Obviously it was quite sad. After the museum we walked through Peace Park… continue reading »
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More than just a guesthouse, the World Friendship Center was originally founded by Quaker peace activists in 1965. Besides having single and double rooms that are furnished like someone's home, the WFC can arrange volunteer gui... more
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This private museum, housed in a modern round building in the heart of the city, has a permanent collection of some 200 paintings, half by French painters from Romanticism to École de Paris and presented in chronological... more
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The Science Museum promises lots of hands-on activities for budding Einsteins and Hawkings, plus a nice introduction to Hiroshima's traditional cultural attractions. Parents will also appreciate it as a creative place for the a... more
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Not many buildings survived the Atomic blast over Hiroshima. One that did, however, is Fudoin Temple, north of the city center. Fudoin offers several attractions for visitors. One is the medieval Main (Golden) Hall of the templ... more
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Grog (gotta love that name!) is a relatively new, very chic cocktail bar located next to Okonomi-mura. Furnished with simple, minimal decor, its atmosphere comes from its dark, sexy lighting and plain glass windowing, which loo... more
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Set in the wilds of Hijiyama Park, the Museum of Contemporary Art blends landscaping and aesthetics into a pleasing whole, a metaphor of the natural environment around this premier cultural institution. Inside, the Museum is no... more
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B.A.D is said to be Hiroshima's first specialty shot bar with a rock music theme, which is partially a result of the owner's collection of over 3,000 CDs. Requests are taken, so if you're in the mood to listen to your favourite... more
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This live house near Hiroshima station can only accommodate around 200 guests, but the scene is high energy and intimate, as most of the acts that play are local ones trying their best to make it big. Few do, but the fans could... more
Miyajima Travel Experiences
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Atomic Bombs and Floating Toriis
My parents and I left my house at 5:30 am Saturday morning loaded with our backpacks and bound for the train station. Halfway to th... Continue reading »
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Beautiful Hiroshima
Rumours said nothing would grow here for 75 years, and Hiroshima is really giving the finger to those rumours! We arrived late-ish... Continue reading »
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Hiroshima
By the time we actually departed on the Shinkansen from Kyoto to Hiroshima, I (Brock) had been thinking about the scheduled trip for quit... Continue reading »
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A somber morning
We woke up early to a grandiose breakfast in Miyajima. Some of it good, some of it a little weird, but we feel used to it by now.&n... Continue reading »
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Hiroshima - Okonomiyaki and Beer
We arrived in Hiroshima from Himeji late in the afternoon and walked to our hotel which was across the river from the JR station, about 1... Continue reading »
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