The Japanese city of Hiroshima is home to more than 1 million people and is situated in the west of the island of Honshū.

Hiroshima and another Japanese city, Nagasaki, are infamous as the only two places in history to have had atomic bombs dropped on them.

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This event is commemorated in Hiroshima by a memorial park featuring a museum and the remains of the Peace Memorial Hall, the only building within a wide radius of the bomb’s explosion to have remained partially standing.

Hiroshima is also an excellent base for trips to the famous island of Miyajima, to other islets in Hiroshima Bay and to the surrounding mountains.