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The original exhibit showed a much more horrific faces and disfigurement with peeling skin down to their knees at least. I heard that they didn't want to make it too scary for children. Too bad.1854 views
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Gun turrets954 views
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One exhibition room has a model of the Battleship Yamato wreck.835 views
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Hiroshima Castle tower682 viewsRebuilt after World War II.
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Fukuyama Castle tower588 views
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Onomichi Castle (tourist facility). The castle was finally dismantled in 2020-21. A very slow process since heavy duty equipment cannot access the structure.498 viewsThis is not based on an actual castle, but built as an amusement attraction. Now closed.
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The Gun turret was a part of the main gunnery system of Battleship Mutsu and was transferred to Imperial Naval Academy for use as a study aide in 1935.497 views
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Battleship Yamato has an Imperial chrysanthemum crest on the bow. This was one of the things which helped to identify the wreck on the sea bottom.441 views
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Yamato Museum's main attraction is this large scale model of Battleship Yamato. You can walk around it. This area of the museum is called Yamato Hiroba.406 views
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Atomic Bomb Dome379 views
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Battleship gun, life-size.379 views
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Mihara Castle tenshu main tower foundation and moat. No buildings remain.343 views
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The scale model of the battleship is 26.3 meters long. It has been reconstructed as accurately as possible based on photographs and exploration of the wreck.330 views
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Another large exhibition room had a Japanese Zero fighter plane, kaiten manned torpedo, and midget submarine.318 views
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Atomic Bomb Museum and Statue of Mother and Child in the Storm.307 views
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Projectile of a "Mutsu" class battleship.291 views
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Fukuyama Castle tower256 views
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Battleship Yamato was commissioned a week after the Pearl Harbor attack in Dec. 1941. It was Japan's most powerful battleship and now legendary. It turned out to be great waste since the big guns were hardly used and it was sunk 4 years later. 256 views
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Torpedoes250 views
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Outside the museum, a battleship gun and anchor are displayed.248 views
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's connection with Kure. On the bridge of the Yamato, he commanded the fleet at the Battle of Midway.248 views
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Children's Peace Monument before they built origami crane shacks around it.247 views
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Showcase of gifts from Honolulu, Hawaii, Hiroshima's sister city.238 views
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Training boats237 views
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View from Miyajima island's Mt. Misen.221 views
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Rudder and propellers of Battleship Yamato.219 views
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One of the Japan's best-designed memorials.218 views
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View of Seto Inland Sea from Miyajima island's Mt. Misen.216 views
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Hiroshima Castle in the early 1900s from a vintage postcard.216 views
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Training boats216 views
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One of the five midget submarines used in the Pearl Harbor attack. On display at the Naval History Museum on Etajima island, Hiroshima.215 views
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Propellers of Battleship Yamato.214 views
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Peace Flame and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum213 views
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View from Onomichi Castle. A lookout deck will be built on the Onomichi Castle site.211 views
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Front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (opposite side from the Cenotaph) and Statue of Mother and Child in the Storm.206 views
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View from castle tower204 views
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"Yamato" is another name for Japan, and so it is a very revered and prestigious name for any ship. Many movies, anime, etc., have been based on Battleship Yamato which retains a strong cultural influence in Japan.196 views
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Manhole in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima196 views
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The Yamato's final mission was suicidal. It was ordered to go to Okinawa in April 1945 and beach herself offshore so it wouldn't sink. While beached, it would fire its guns at the enemy on Okinawa.195 views
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Children's Peace Monument, Hiroshima193 views
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Rear of Children's Peace Monument, Hiroshima.191 views
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The Yamato Museum is open 9 am to 6 pm (enter by 5:30 pm). Admission is 500 yen for adults, 300 yen for high schoolers, and 200 yen for kids. Battleship Yamato was built in Kure.191 views
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Onomichi Castle overlooking Onomichi Station. Sadly, the company that owned the castle went bankrupt and the castle museum closed and became an abandoned building in 1992. Abandoned for almost 30 years. 186 views
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Hiroshima186 views
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Pictures made of origami at Hiroshima Peace park.182 views
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The Naval History Museum on Etajima has this outdoor display of one of the five midget submarines used in the Pearl Harbor attack.181 views
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On her way to Okinawa, the Yamato was spotted by US submarines and aircraft and sunk by American carrier-based bombers and torpedo bombers on April 7, 1945.177 views
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Main torii of Itsukushima Shrine and perhaps Japan's most famous and iconic torii.175 views
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Hiroshima is also famous for okonomiyaki.174 views
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Kure Port in Hiroshima Prefecture. We arrived from Etajima island across the Seto Inland Sea. Kure is also a short train ride from Hiroshima Station.173 views
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Yamato Museum's official name is Kure Maritime Museum. Although the 1/10 scale model of Battleship Yamato is the main attraction, it also has other exhibits explaining Kure's maritime history.172 views
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Sample wood paneling used for the model deck.172 views
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Since the Yamato was built in secrecy, there are very few clear photos of the ship.171 views
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Fukuyama Castle from the train169 views
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Fukuyama Station (shinkansen)167 views
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View from Onomichi Castle.161 views
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Hiroshima Atom Bomb Dome161 views
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They eventually found all five subs (the fifth one was finally found in 2009) used at Pearl Harbor. Two of them are on display. One of them is here and the other is at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas.159 views
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From the boat, we could see the dock where the Battleship Yamato was built in Kure, Hiroshima. "Kure" is pronounced "Kuray" not like the word "cure."159 views
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Another building that survived the atom bomb. Now a rest house and tourist information center. Hiroshima.158 views
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Mannequins depicting bomb victims who suffered peeling/melting skin among other things. This depiction has been toned down considerably from the original exhibit that I remember before the museum was renovated in 1994.158 views
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Midget submarine.158 views
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One of Japan's Scenic Trio (Nihon Sankei), the famous torii with Miyajima island in the background. 158 views
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Sign for Tomonoura. Tomonoura is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).156 views
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The model even has little human figures.154 views
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I visited Itsukushima at high tide in the morning so the shrine was floating.154 views
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Built in 1893 and used for classrooms and living quarters for students. Today, it is part of the Officer Candidate School and used as classrooms and students' living quarters. Etajima, Hiroshima.153 views
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Ceremonial Hall. Built in 1917 and designed for holding ceremonies and moral education. One of the few buildings which we could enter. Etajima, Hiroshima.152 views
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The academy's most distinctive building is this Students’ Hall dubbed the "Red Brick Building." We weren't allowed to go inside. Etajima, Hiroshima.152 views
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Fukuyama Station (shinkansen)151 views
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Itsukushima shrine150 views
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Fukuyama Station (shinkansen)149 views
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Bentenjima island near Tomonoura.149 views
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Ferry between Tomonoura and Sensui island.148 views
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Gun shells148 views
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Battleship Mutsu plaque. After seeing the Yamato Museum, be sure to cross the street over to the submarine museum called the JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Kure Museum.147 views
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Fukuyama Station (shinkansen)146 views
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All aboard!143 views
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41-cm diameter gun from Battleship Mutsu, outside the Yamato Museum. Until the Yamato was built, the Mutsu was Japan's largest battleship.143 views
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A park on top of the Mihara Castle site.141 views
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Naval History Museum on Etajima. Built in 1936, the museum is substantial with detailed exhibits tracing Japan's naval history (including the Pearl Harbor attack). 140 views
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The midget sub displayed here was found in 1960 off Keehi Lagoon east of Pearl Harbor's entrance. The sub had been damaged by a depth charge attack and abandoned by its crew before it could fire its torpedoes.140 views
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Part of Hiroshima Castle stone wall is black due to the atomic blast.140 views
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Street car stop nearest to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Hiroden Genbaku Dome-mae Station. Hiroshima is one of the few Japanese cities which still has street cars.136 views
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Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima is one of Japan's most iconic shrines and sights. The vermillion floating torii and shrine (at high tide) are part of Japan's Scenic Trio.136 viewsGateway to Miyajima is Miyajimaguchi Station, about 30 min. from Hiroshima Station.
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Behind the midget sub used in Pearl Harbor, another different type of midget sub is displayed.135 views
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The JMSDF (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Kure Museum is mainly a submarine museum whose main attraction is the decommissioned Japanese sub called Akishio. The museum is conveniently right across the street from the Yamato Museum.135 views
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Torpedo bay of midget submarine used in Pearl Harbor attack.134 views
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Miyajimaguchi Station134 views
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Midget submarine cockpit.133 views
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Midget sub's rudder and propeller.131 views
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We could also see the submarine museum at the JMSDF Kure Museum adjacent to the Yamato Museum.131 views
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Hiroshima Castle tower is a museum of Hiroshima's history before World War II.131 views
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Hiroshima Castle ninomaru turret was reconstructed in 1994.131 views
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Atomic Bomb Dome area.130 views
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Life-size replica of the Hiroshima bomb, nicknamed "Little Boy." It's about 3 meters long.130 views
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Miyajimaguchi Station's exit for Japan Railpass holders.130 views
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Shrine worshippers also arrive by boat like they did in the old days before modern ferry service.130 views
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Noh stage at Itsukushima shrine.129 views
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Midget submarine cockpit.127 views
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Japanese Zero fighter.127 views
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The former Akishio submarine just stands out and can be seen from boats approaching Kure Port. Very impressive to be seen on land amid small cars passing by. The museum is a short walk from JR Kure Station.127 views
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Waterfront path to Itsukushima Shrine.127 views
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Itsukushima Shrine at high tide.127 views
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Map of the Naval Academy or Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force First Service School (海上自衛隊第1術科学校).126 views
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Ferry arrives at Miyajima Sanbashi Port.126 views
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Local photographer is kept busy.126 views
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Itsukushima Shrine's fall festival from his "Famous Views of the 60 Provinces" series.126 views
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Near the entrance to Itsukushima Shrine is Omotesando shopping street for Miyajima eats and souvenirs.126 views
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Kure is a major shipbuilding town.125 views
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Japanese Zero fighter cockpit.125 views
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Across the water.125 views
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Before visiting Miyajima, you should check the tide times. Best to go during high tide.125 views
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Itsukushima is dedicated to the three daughters of Susano-o no Mikoto, Shinto god of seas and storms, and brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu.125 views
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Renovating the floor maybe.125 views
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Tattered clothing from a 13-year-old girl who died in the evening on the day of the bomb.124 views
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It was subsequently salvaged and restored for display at Etajima in 1962. The front part of the sub was severed, so the front part was reconstructed by a Kure shipbuilder for this display.124 views
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Entering Kure Port terminal.124 views
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Approaching Miyajima Sambashi Port.124 views
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Another Miyajima symbol is the deer.124 views
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The deer are trained to pose with tourist groups. They know that there will be a reward.124 views
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Walking back.124 views
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The Atomic Bomb Done was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.123 views
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Orange ball shows where the bomb fell.123 views
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Kure Port dock.123 views
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Ferry for Miyajima at Miyajimaguchi Sanbashi ferry port.123 views
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Torii and deer on Miyajima.123 views
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Right near the streetcar stop is the Atomic Bomb Dome or A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム). I visited in fall 2012.122 views
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Glass bottles melted together.122 views
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Miyajima island. The ferry ride is only about 10 min.122 views
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Miyajima is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).122 views
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At high tide, I have to declare that Itsukushima Shrine is one of Japan's most photogenic buildings.122 views
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Noh stage at Itsukushima shrine.122 views
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Noh stage at Itsukushima shrine does not have much room for an audience.122 views
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The exit.122 views
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Chanting priests.122 views
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Tahoto Pagoda on Miyajima.122 views
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View from Tahoto Pagoda on Miyajima.122 views
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Itsukushima shrine as seen from Tahoto Pagoda on Miyajima.122 views
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Miyajima's Oshakushi giant rice scoop. Made in 1983. 大杓子122 views
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From Miyajimaguchi Station, a short walk to the Miyajimaguchi Sanbashi ferry port.121 views
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Entrance to the shrine buildings.121 views
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Five-story Pagoda on Miyajima.121 views
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Notice the steel braces to reinforce the building.120 views
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Inside a street car in Hiroshima.120 views
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Front Pier. This is considered the school's front gate instead of the gate on land. Officer Candidate School graduates are sent off here by school staff and a military band and transferred to a training fleet anchored offshore in Etauchi inlet.120 views
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Approaching the famous floating torii. A short walk from the port.120 views
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Sacred Horse (fake)120 views
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Main shrine of Itsukushima.120 views
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Five-story Pagoda on land overlooks the floating shrine.120 views
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Gate to Daiganji temple.120 views
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Rice scoopers are also big on Miyajima.120 views
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Inside Miyajima Sanbashi Port building120 views
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Leaving Miyajima120 views
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And how it looked after the bomb. The Peace Park is on the land in the center between the two rivers. The Atomic Bomb Dome is on the lower left.119 views
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Photos of the atom bomb blast.119 views
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Damaged Buddha statue.119 views
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Midget sub's conning tower and periscope. The sub had only two crew members.119 views
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Koma-inu119 views
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At low tide.119 views
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View from Tahoto Pagoda on Miyajima.119 views
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I think all Americans visiting or living in Japan should visit Hiroshima. It's not about who's to blame for what happened here in Aug. 1945. It's about a major event in human history and a reminder of man's fatal flaws.118 views
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Tricycle118 views
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