Hiroshima
For travel trade professionals
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An hour and a half Shinkansen
ride from central Osaka will bring you to Hiroshima
prefecture, situated at the center of the Chugoku
region, the southwest end of Japan’s mainland.
Surrounded by the sea and mountains, the area is
blessed with natural beauty, and is designated as
a part of Setonaikai National Park. Hiroshima City,
the center of administration and economy of Hiroshima
prefecture, is known to the world as the first city
devastated by an atomic bomb during the World War
2. Today, Hiroshima is a city of peace whose citizens
ontinue to advocate the importance of peace and
the abolition of nuclear weapons through conveying
their experiences. People from the world visit the
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Tokyo to Hiroshima
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by Rail:
Tokyo Station
> 4h 10min by JR Tokaido
& Sanyo Shinkansen > Hiroshima
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by Air:
Tokyo Haneda Airport > 1h
20min by airplane >
Hiroshima Airport > 50min
by bus > Hiroshima
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Osaka to Hiroshima
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by
Rail: Shin-Osaka Station
> 1h 30min by JR Sanyo Shinkansen
> Hiroshima Sta. |
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Atomic
Bomb Dome
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Itsuku-shima
Jinja Shrine
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The
Atomic Bomb Dome is the only building
that remained the atomic bomb explosion
in 1945 and has become the symbol of
Hiroshima city. Bare, scorched steel
sticks out from the roof and collapsed
walls. The miserable half-demolished
figure expresses the dire disaster at
that time. Together with the adjacent
Peace Memorial Park, it has been registered
as a World Cultural Heritage to continue
to express the sins of wars and preciousness
of peace to the future.
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Known
for its great gate standing in the sea,
the majestic shrine Itsuku-shima-jinja
Shrine is designated as Japan’s
Important Cultural Property. The shrine
is located on Miyajima Island which
is praised as one of the three most
beautiful sights in Japan. The island
of Miyajima itself has had a history
of being an object of worship, and men
of power had always worshiped and protected
Miyajima. |
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