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ames1968
Portland
Worth visiting!
A review of this place: Peace and Okonomiyaki
Lived here for a year. Loved it. Good people, good times. Deeply painful and necessary things to consider and discuss. Hiroshima – I love you. DO NOT LEAVE WITHOUT EATING OKONOMIYAKI – it is delicious and a fun experience. Go to Okonomiyaki-mura.
joie de vivre
Bellevue
Worth visiting!
The last time I went to this place
We visited the peace park and the museum. The museum is much better organized and thought-out than it was 23 years ago.
moonfern
Winnipeg
Worth visiting!
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I hope that is the closest i ever come to experiencing war…what a horrible time…chilling and lifechanging experience…set aside the day and your time will be well spent.
fintain
London
Worth visiting!
Why I recommend this place to visitors
So far this is the best city I`ve been to in Japan not to big it also has the beautiful Peace Park it also has a sense of hope of growing out of the ashes.
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Hiroshima gained municipality status on April 1, 1889 and was designated on April 1, 1980 by government ordinance. The city's current mayor is Tadatoshi Akiba who assumed the office on February 23, 1999.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima
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Hiroshima: Peace Enshrined
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Introduction to Hiroshima
November 20, 2006
With a population of more than one million, Hiroshima looks just like any other up-and-coming city in Japan. With modern buildings, industry, the manufacture of cars, and ships, it's a city full of vitality and purpose with a steady flow of both Japanese and foreign business executives in and out. But unlike other cities, Hiroshima's past is clouded: It has the unfortunate distinction of being the first city ever destroyed by an atomic bomb (the 2nd city -- and hopefully the last -- was Nagasaki, on Kyushu island).
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Hiroshima: Peace Enshrined
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