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Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle (広島城 Hiroshima-jō). A ferroconcrete reconstruction of a 16th-century castle originally built by the Mori clan. Although much prettier…
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Hiroshima Gardens
Hiroshima Gardens Bridges in Shukkeien Shukkeien (縮景園), while not officially one of Japan's Top 3, is a compact and beautifully landscaped Japanese garden…
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Hiroshima History
Hiroshima was founded in 1589, on the coast of the Seto Inland Sea, and became a major urban centre during the Meiji period. The city is located on the…
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Mazda Museum
Mazda (pronounced Matsuda in Japan) has it's company headquarters a short distance outside of Hiroshima . They offer free tours every weekday at 9:30am…
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Hiroshima Travel
Getting to Hiroshima Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) connects to domestic destinations in Japan as well as Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Taipei. By train Hiroshima…
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Honshu Japan
Honshū (本州) is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland…
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Arashiyama
Arashiyama (嵐山), sometimes Ranzan, is an exclusive district on the western outskirts of Kyoto , Japan . It also refers to the mountain across the Oi River…
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Daitokuji Temple
Daitokuji Temple (大徳寺). A small and understated temple complex, boasting several small, secluded subtemples. Daitokuji is the quietest of the temples in…
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is a shinto jinja (shrine) dedicated to the spirit Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto , Japan. It is especially well known…
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Gion
Gion (祇園) is a district of Kyoto , Japan , originally developed in the middle ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. This part of Kyoto has two hanamachi…
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Heian Jingu
Heian Jingu (平安神宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto , Japan . Heian Jingu is famous for having the largest torii in Japan . The main building, or…
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Kiyomizu-Dera
Kiyomizu-dera (or Kiyomizudera, 清水寺) refers to several Buddhist temples but most commonly to Otowasan Kiyomizudera (音羽山清水寺) in Eastern Kyoto , and one of…