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Chugoku

Preserved in the archive in 2005. Historical article; travel and business details may have changed.

Chūgoku (中国) is the westernmost part of the main Japanese island Honshu. Chugoku Cities Hiroshima — site of the infamous nuclear bomb attack Okayama — featuring one of Japan’s Top 3 Parks and a brooding black castle Onomichi — hillside town with pleasant paths connecting dozens of small temples Other destinationsBizen — home to Japan’s oldest and most respected style of pottery Miyajima — one of the most beautiful islands in all Japan Get inBy plane Hiroshima has a fairly large airport, with domestic and some international connections. By train The San’yo Shinkansen line links Hiroshima, Okayama and other major towns to Kyushu in the southwest and Kansai (Osaka) to the east. (Article from/based on Wikitravel article and may be copied freely) |

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