Hiroshima is a name recognisable to most for being the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack. Nowadays, Hiroshima is known as a place of beauty and peace with an endless array of cultural treasures to tempt visitors from all over the world.
While Hiroshima is a modern metropolis with the blinking neon lights of any other large Japanese city, the tragic past of this place remains a big part of modern identity. Pay your respects with a visit to Peace Park, the location of the iconic A-Bomb Dome and countless other monuments and memorials to victims of the 1945 bomb.
There are so many beautiful, historic places to visit in Hiroshima it’s difficult to pick only a few but Hiroshima Castle, it’s grounds full of sakura trees, is definitely one. Hiroshima has three impressive art galleries in the city centre and UNESCO world heritage site Miyajima is a definite must-see as it is home to Itsukushima Shrine, the only shrine in the world with a shrine building and torii-gate in the sea.