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Streetcar station near Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome.112 views
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About midget submarines.112 views
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Tahoto Pagoda112 views
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Tahoto Pagoda on Miyajima.112 views
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Maple leaf-shaped azuki bean buns aka Momiji Manju is Miyajima's most famous confection.112 views
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Hiroshima is famous for oysters.112 views
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Back of the Yamato Museum facing Kure Port. 111 views
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At low tide.111 views
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Lots of souvenir shops along the way.111 views
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Tide was starting to recede.111 views
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Our ferry at Miyajima Port back to the mainland. The ferry is timed conveniently with trains at Miyajimaguchi Station.111 views
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Arrived back at Miyajimaguchi Port.111 views
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Corridor to the museum's main building or West Wing.110 views
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About Sadako.110 views
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Torii and pine tree at Miyajima.110 views
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Long line of tourists waiting to take a picture at the end of the boardwalk.110 views
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Maple leaf-shaped azuki bean buns110 views
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Miyajima Sanbashi Port building110 views
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Inside Miyajima Sanbashi Port building110 views
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Leaving Miyajima110 views
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Grisly photos and tattered clothing.109 views
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Many buses in front of the museum.109 views
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The Naval Academy conducts free guided tours of the school 3 or 4 times a day. The tour takes you around the campus and allows you to enter a few of the imposing buildings.109 views
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Entering the shrine grounds.109 views
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Fish spotting at high tide.109 views
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Daiganji temple belongs to the Shingon Buddhist Sect. Dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten and one of the three most famous Benzaiten temples.109 views
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Tahoto Pagoda on Miyajima.109 views
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Miyajima Sanbashi Port building109 views
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Notice the steel braces to reinforce the building.108 views
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There's a sign indicating where you should hang your origami cranes.108 views
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President Jimmy Carter visited Hiroshima after he left office.108 views
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From Hiroshima Station, it takes about 35 min. to Hiroshima Port via streetcar.108 views
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Bridge at Itsukushima (closed).108 views
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Miniature Torii108 views
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We can get quite close to the building, but it is fenced off so we cannot enter it.107 views
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Peace Clock Tower107 views
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Children's Peace Monument107 views
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A projectile used by battleship Yamato during WWⅡ.107 views
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Maple leaf-shaped ice cream.107 views
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Peace Bell. Peace Bell. Anyone can ring it for free.106 views
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Bell in Children's Peace Monument.106 views
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What central Hiroshima looked like before the bomb. The building that would become the Atomic Bomb Dome is on the lower left with the light green roof.106 views
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Hiroshima police car.106 views
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This midget sub was transported by boat from Pearl Harbor to Yokosuka (Kanagawa Pref.), then to Etajima in 1961.106 views
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Last stop on the tour was the Etajima Club where there is a gift shop, restaurant, and this small museum on the 2nd floor.106 views
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Welcome to Kure.106 views
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At low tide.106 views
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Monuments abound in the Peace Park. In the background is Aioi Bridge, the original target of the atomic bomb.105 views
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View from Aioi Bridge.105 views
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About the Peace Bell105 views
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About this midget sub: Length: 23.9 meters, Weight: 46 tons, Inner diameter: 1.85 meter, Underwater speed: 19 knots (600 horsepower)105 views
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Models of navy warships.105 views
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Hiroshima Peace Bell with atom symbol on the sweet spot.104 views
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Memorial Cenotaph104 views
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About the tricycle.104 views
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Entrance to the Naval Academy on Etajima.104 views
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The East Wing explains the history of Hiroshima city before the bomb, development and decision to drop the bomb, the lives of Hiroshima citizens during World War II.103 views
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You cannot tour the Naval Academy on your own. You have to join the guided tour. There is a dress code: No miniskirts or provocative clothing by women.103 views
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A few islands in the Seto Inland Sea on the way to Kure. In Kure, we visited the Yamato Museum.103 views
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Hiroshima Peace Bell102 views
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Donated benches.102 views
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Donors of benches.102 views
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Hiroshima Port.102 views
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This is where the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is held on Aug. 6 in the morning. The service is open to the public for free and you can sit if you get there early enough in the morning. Otherwise, you can stand in the back amid the sweltering heat.100 views
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Atomic Bomb Dome as seen from the Cenotaph.100 views
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Scale model of the Atomic Bomb Dome.100 views
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Japanese navy rising sun flag100 views
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About the Children's Peace Monument.99 views
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The Peace Park's focal point is this Memorial Cenotaph. It stores the names of all of the people killed by the bomb. The monument frames the Peace Flame and the A-Bomb Dome in a straight line.99 views
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Shipbuilding on Etajima, Hiroshima.99 views
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Inside our boat to Kure from Etajima.99 views
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Very colorful and incredible designs.98 views
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Memorial Cenotaph98 views
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Peace Flame aligned with the Cenotaph and Atomic Bomb Dome. 98 views
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Memorial Cenotaph98 views
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International Conference Center Hiroshima is also attached to the museum.98 views
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Main building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum with various exhibits explaining about the bombing and its effects. You also see many personal belongings mangled, melted, or tattered by the blast. Hordes of students on class trips from all over Japan98 viewsHiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's East Wing built in 1994. You enter the museum through this building. Admission is only 50 yen for adults (30 yen for students).98 views
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Hiroshima Port.98 views
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Stand for gatherings.98 views
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Etajima Club exhibition room.98 views
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Shacks of origami paper cranes folded by many students from all over.97 views
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About the rest house.97 views
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At least one blessing from the bomb is the endless stream of tourists coming to Hiroshima.97 views
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Entrance to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum through the East Wing. It has a lot of exhibits and can take a while to go through it if you want to read everything97 views
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Original bell and origami sculpture for the Children's Peace Monument.97 views
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Two Naval Academy students served as our tour guide.97 views
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Students' Hall west wing. Built in 1938, it is used as the main students’ hall of the First Service School.97 views
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Students' Hall west wing. We weren't allowed to enter this building. The Academy also has female students, but after graduating they do not serve on navy ships. They work only on land.97 views
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Projectile used in Japan-China War in 1894.97 views
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On the way to Kure.97 views
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Peace Clock Tower96 views
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Memorial Cenotaph96 views
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About the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.95 views
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's East Wing built in 1994.95 views
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Koyo Port on Etajima, Hiroshima.95 views
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Leaving Koyo Port, Etajima.95 views
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Hiroshima Port as seen from a dock.94 views
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Reservations are not required, but you have to get there and sign up 5 min. before the 90-min. tour starts.94 views
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum93 views
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Boat for Etajima island, a short boat ride from Hiroshima Port. 93 views
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Approaching Etajima's Koyo Port. 93 views
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From Koyo Port, take a bus for a 5-min. ride to the Naval Academy. Or take a taxi if a bus is not available.93 views
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Kure across the Inland Sea.93 views
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Hiroshima Port.92 views
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Inside the Ceremonial Hall. It can fit 2,000 people.92 views
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Back at Koyo Port to board this boat for Kure, across the Seto Inland Sea.92 views
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Leaving Hiroshima Port for Etajima island. This is a cargo ship for vehicles called Genuine Ace.91 views
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Etajima island in view.91 views
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Stage inside the Ceremonial Hall.91 views
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Ceremonial Hall91 views
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The academy's pine tree trunks grow straight up. They say that even the pine trees stand at attention at the school.91 views
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Kure is a short boat ride from Etajima.91 views
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Etajima's Koyo Port. 90 views
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Our boat for Kure from Etajima island.90 views
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The lights look like a ship's wheel on the ceiling of the Ceremonial Hall.89 views
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Boat for Etajima island. From Hiroshima Port, it takes about 25 min. to Etajima's Koyo Port, closest to the Naval Academy.88 views
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Etajima also has shipbuilding facilities.88 views
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Hiroshima Port.86 views
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The Akishio submarine was commissioned in March 1986 and decommissioned in March 2004. It was brought here in 2006. The sub is 76.2 meters long. Top speed was 20 knots underwater.82 views
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We could look through the periscopes.81 views
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Two periscopes.80 views
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Periscopes made by Nikon?80 views
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Periscope replica.79 views
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Toilet on the Akishio submarine.79 views
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Hiroshima Castle79 views
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Bunk beds are short and narrow. Two men share one bunk bed as they sleep in turns.78 views
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Hiroshima Castle tower was rebuilt in 1958 after World War II. The original castle was destroyed by the atomic bomb in Aug. 1945.78 views
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Conference room.76 views
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Captain's quarters. Still pretty cramped.76 views
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Inside the ninomaru Yagura turret. Cannot go upstairs.76 views
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Sleeping quarters on the Akishio submarine.75 views
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The moat and walls are quite expansive.75 views
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In 1994, this gate and a yagura turret in the ninomaru were re-constructed out of wood.75 views
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The JMSDF Kure Museum is JMSDF's submarine and minesweeping museum. It also has a surface ship museum in Sasebo, Nagasaki and an aircraft museum in Kanoya, Kagoshima.74 views
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Model of the SS Kuroshio sub.74 views
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Conference room.73 views
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The bridge.73 views
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The museum has one normal building and this decommissioned submarine accessible from the main museum building. The submarine is largely intact on the inside.72 views
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Pilot seats.72 views
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