The city of Hiroshima, now the largest city in the Chugoku Shikoku region,with six beautiful rivers flowing through it, Hiroshima is called the City of Water.
There are three art museums with different features around the City. Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art which is located in hilly Hijiyama Park, collects and exhibits a wide variety of contemporary Japanese and overseas artworks, including those by Andy Warhol, Henry Moore and Yoshitomo Nara.
The Kondo (main hall) of Fudoin Temple is the only heritage in Hiroshima City designated a national treasure that has survived the atomic bomb blast. Its structure and design reminds visitors of the advanced skills and delicate aesthetic of master workmen of that time.
Kintaikyo Bridge, one of the Three Great Bridges of Japan, is a beautiful wooden bridge over the clear stream of the Nishiki River, which runs through Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. When seen from below, visitors are overwhelmed by the bridge's structural beauty, with elaborate and creative arches, created by the art and skill of an accomplished bridge architect.
One of the best ways to spend time in Hiroshima is to cruise the rivers in the City of Water. Why not enjoy view of the City from the water, on board a cruise boat? We also recommend that you take a water taxi. The streetcar is another convenient means of transportation to so many parts of Hiroshima that one can hardly do without it when visiting any tourist spot in town! With rare streetcars from Kyoto and Dortmund, Germany
Shukkeien Garden , A tremendous Japanese garden inside Hiroshima
Hiroshima Castle and Gokoku Shrine , The castle has been rebuilt as it was before the war and contain a small museum, in its park there is the most important shrine of Hiroshima
On May 27, 1983, the cities of Hiroshima and Hanover sealed their friendship with a twinning agreement. In 1985, Hiroshima gifted a Peace Bell, which was placed in the ruins of Hanover's Aegidienkirche (church) which is struck on the 6th of August every year in remembrance of the atomic bombing.
In the picture is Hanover's Aegidienkirche (church) which was destroyed during the World War 2 bombings, which has the Peace Bell.
So , this is it from Hiroshima now , I loved the people , weather and food. A perfect holiday destination if you true treasure the values of heritage.
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