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Hiroshima travel guide

Itsukushima Jinja, Myoo-in and Buttsuji. First in Japan for oysters, momiji manju and okonomiyaki, and Kumano brushes. Hiroshima, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

    Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.

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    Genbaku Dome

    A World Heritage site of the negative kind. It keeps the memory of 6 August 1945 exactly as it is.

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    Taichoro

    The view a Korean envoy praised as the finest scenery east of Japan.

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    Peace Memorial Museum

    Designed by Tange Kenzo. It receives 1.7 million visitors a year.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Itsukushima Jinja

    This shrine stands out over the sea because the island itself is the deity. No earthworks may be cut into a god's island, so they built on the water. A restriction of belief became, exactly as it is, a World Heritage view. Taira no Kiyomori is said to have given it its present form.

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    Senjokaku

    A hall Hideyoshi ordered built, left unfinished for over four hundred years. It has neither ceiling nor walls.

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    Myooin

    Both the main hall and the five-storey pagoda are National Treasures. The pagoda is held to be the fifth oldest in Japan.

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    Specialties & souvenirs

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    Crafts & industry

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    Fudenosato Kobo

    Fudenosato Kobo in Kumano. It exhibits the history of brushes, and visitors can try brush making.

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    Koyudo Makeup Brush Workshop

    Koyudo in Kumano. It makes the heads of makeup brushes.

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    Hakuhodo Head Office Workshop

    Hakuhodo in Kumano. It makes makeup brushes with the skills of master brush makers.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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    Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum

    Beside a designated scenic garden, and built around artists connected to Hiroshima and the crafts of Asia.

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    Hiroshima MOCA

    Japan's first public museum devoted to contemporary art, on a hilltop in a Kurokawa building of tile and aluminium.

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    Hiroshima Museum of Art

    Founded by a local bank as a memorial to those killed by the bomb; its Impressionist holding is among western Japan's best.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Nukui Dam

    An arch dam in Akiota, 156 metres high — the second tallest in Japan.

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    Haji Dam

    A dam in Akitakata, the first full multipurpose dam in the prefecture, with a lawn by the lake.

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    Miyama-kyo

    A gorge of about four kilometres in Higashihiroshima, which Sanyo Rai praised as the Yabakei of Aki.

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