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sight Peace Park (Heiwa-koen)
Center of the atomic inferno of Hiroshima. The hypocenter of the explosion was above the former banking center. The most important memorial place is the Cenotaph, an empty monument with saddleback roof....
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sight Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
This magical assembly of seaside huts and pagodas is Shintoism's spiritual center. The island of Itsukushima, in the Seto inland sea, has been a holy place of Shintoism since the earliest times. The fi...
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sight Genbaku Dome
A chilling reminder to that fateful day when the Enola Gay dropped her deadly payload on this unsuspecting city. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the...
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museum / gallery Peace Memorial Museum
To American tourists not to provoke, is the House "Peace Memorial Museum." It tells the story of the bombing and documented the effects of the explosion. Interesting, but controversy is the guestbook....
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sight Children's Peace Monument
The struggle of life Sakado Sasaki inspired this moving monument. The radioactively contaminated Ten Years 1000 to colorful folded paper cranes - a symbol of long life and happiness. Than 663 were fin...
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