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Itsukushima Shrine
Floating Torii Gate of Miyajima
UNESCO World Heritage shrine on Miyajima Island, famous for its vermillion torii gate appearing t...
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
A-Bomb Dome - Symbol of Peace
Skeletal remains of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, a UNESCO World Heritage ...
Shimanami Kaido
Shimanami Kaido Cycling Route
A 70-kilometer cycling route across six islands connected by spectacular bridges over the Seto In...
Tomonoura
Tomonoura - The Port Town That Inspired Ponyo
A historic port town that inspired the Studio Ghibli film 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea,' with t...
Onomichi
A hillside port town of temples, cats, and the gateway to the Shimanami Kaido cycling route.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima - City of Peace and Resilience
A city rebuilt as a peace memorial and modern metropolis. Gateway to Miyajima Island and home of ...
Okunoshima
Okunoshima (Rabbit Island)
A small island in the Seto Inland Sea famous for its hundreds of friendly wild rabbits.
Daisho-in
Prayer Wheels and Rows of Rakan Statues at the Foot of Mount Misen
Miyajima's oldest temple, at the foot of Mount Misen, traced by tradition to Kukai in 806. Stone ...
Etajima
A 20-Minute Boat Ride to the Old Naval Academy and Oyster Rafts
An island in Hiroshima Bay, joined by land to Nomijima, where the Imperial Japanese Navy trained ...
Fukuyama Castle
Immediately above Fukuyama’s shinkansen station, a reconstructed keep joins surviving gates and t...
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle’s moats, stone walls and reconstructed Ninomaru buildings trace the city’s origi...
Michi-no-Eki Saijo Nonta-no-Sakagura
Sake from ten Higashihiroshima breweries under one roof
A sake-brewery-style station beside the Route 2 Saijo Bypass, opened in 2022. Its market stocks s...
Michi-no-Eki Takehara
Sake and bamboo at the gate of old Takehara
A town-centre station on Route 185 that doubles as the entrance to Takehara's preserved merchant ...
Miroku no Sato
A Fukuyama amusement park with a recreated 1950s street
A hillside amusement park west of Fukuyama with an 800-metre coaster, a 50-metre Ferris wheel wit...
Mitaki-dera
Three Small Waterfalls and a Red Pagoda in the Hills Above Hiroshima
A Shingon temple on a wooded slope in Nishi Ward, named for the three small waterfalls on its gro...