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  • Renga-dori Shopping District
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    Hiroshima Kure-shi Chuo 4
    This shopping street is located a 10-minute walk from JR Kure Station. The street’s 400-meter-long arcade is paved with some 360 thousand bricks, and it is lined with a variety of well-known restaurants, souvenir shops, and other establishments. It is also famous for being the first shopping arcade in Japan to be covered by a retractable domed roof. Bustling with local shoppers, it is the busiest pedestrian thoroughfare in the city.
    Renga-dori Shopping District image
  • Jumonjiyama Park
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    Hiroshima Kure-shi Toyohamacho Toyoshima
    This 3,000 square meter scenic lookout park is located on top of a mountain on the south side of Toyoshima Island, which is a part of Kure City. The mountain has been selected for inclusion in a list of Japan’s 100 best island mountains. From the park’s circular, eight-meter-high viewing platform, visitors can enjoy a sweeping view of the beautiful, island-dotted Seto Inland Sea. On clear days, the 360 degree panoramic view extends all the way to the mountains of the Shikoku region. Due to torrential rains, access to the observatory was closed in 2018, but this has now been restored. As some of the forest roads in the area are closed or neglected, be sure to take sufficient care when making your way to the top of the mountain.
    Jumonjiyama Park image
  • Mt. Ryuo Observatory
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    Hiroshima Mihara-shi Sunami Cho Okiuracho
    This observatory is located in Setonaikai National Park. Situated on top of 445-meter-high Mt. Ryuo southwest of Mt. Fudekage, the observatory offers one of the best views around of the islands of the Seto Inland Sea. A television tower also stands nearby, and the top of the mountain is maintained as a recreational forest. On clear days, visitors can see the Shikoku Mountains and seven of the 10 bridges on the Nishiseto Expressway. In spring, over 2,000 Yoshino cherries on the mountain come into bloom, and it bustles with visitors as one of the leading cherry blossom-viewing destinations in the prefecture. According to legend, the area as developed by Hatashiro Kunishige, a vassal of the Taira clan, after the clan was defeated in the Battle of Yashima, and in order to differentiate this mountain from the Mt. Ryuo on the north side of the city, some call this Mt. Hata Ryuo.
    Mt. Ryuo Observatory image
  • Machiya Street
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    Hiroshima Hatsukaichi-shi Miyajimacho
    This is one of three streets which connect the Miyajima ferry pier and Itsukushima Shrine. This particular street was the main thoroughfare when Miyajima was at its most prosperous. The traditional townhomes along the street have had modern touches added onto them, and the street is dotted with old-fashioned mom-and-pop businesses and private homes, as well as retro-modern lodging facilities, shops, and galleries. Itsukushima Shine’s magnificent five-story pagoda stands at the end of the street. Today, the street is primarily used by local residents as part of everyday life. At night, the street is illuminated by the light of paper lanterns installed under the eaves of the various establishments along its length, engendering a romantic atmosphere quite different from how the street feels in the daytime.
    Machiya Street image
  • Ikuchi Bridge
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Innoshima
    This bridge is one of the seven on the Nishiseto Expressway connecting various islands on the Seto Inland Sea. The third bridge from the Onomichi side, it is 790-meters-long and connects Ikuchi Island and Innoshima Island. The longest cable-stayed bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1991, it was also the first in Japan to make use of hybrid composite beam construction. The composite bronze and concrete beam technology invented for the bridge was also later used in the Tatara Bridge, which was also the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world at the time of its completion, aiding in the opening of the Nishiseto Expressway. Ikuchi Bridge Memorial Park is maintained at one side of the bridge, and from here visitors can look up at the bridge’s majestic structure.
    Ikuchi Bridge image
  • Kannabe
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    Hiroshima Fukuyama-shi Kannabecho Kawakita
    Kannabe-cho in Fukuyama City still retains many traces of the Edo period, and in the past it once flourished as the junction between the San’yo Road, Iwami Silver Mine Road, and Kasaoka Road. It is also believed to have been the center of politics and finance in Bingo Province in the early Edo period until the construction of Fukuyama Castle. Many samurai lords are said to have made use of the town while making the required journey to reside in Edo every other year, and the honjin stronghold and many merchant homes which still stand in the area today recall this bustling period. The area’s extant honjin was designated an Important Cultural Property by Hiroshima Prefecture in 1969. Originally there were two honjin, but today only the western honjin remains.
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  • Takamiyama Observation Deck
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Mukaishimacho Tachibana
  • Sazanami Skyline
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    Hiroshima Kure-shi Kawajiricho
  • Kyobashi
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    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Hashimotochou , Minami-ku Kyobashi town

    Stumbled across this restaurant/pub whilst walking the streets of Hiroshima looking for somewhere to eat. Walked in and was greeted by the owner in English. We stayed for over three hours while he...

  • Asahiyama
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    Hiroshima Takehara-shi Shimonocho
  • Mt.Haizuka Dam
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    Hiroshima Miyoshi-shi Mirasakacho Nika

    広島県三次市三良坂町にあるダムで灰塚ダムは「はいづかダム」と読みます。 大きさは堤高50.0ｍ、堤頂長196.6ｍとそれほど大きくないダムですが台形CSGダムと呼ばれる日本において開発された最も新しい型式のダムで、実に整った美しいダムでした。 クレスト部全体に越流式の非常用洪水吐があり、その下の水の受け皿である減勢池は中々大きなものでした。 近代的なダムの雰囲気ですがダム建設には激しい反対運動が...

  • Ninoshima Gakuen Sanbashi
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  • Yagi Bairin Bridge
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    Hiroshima Hiroshima-shi Asaminami-ku
  • Kaede Bridge
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    Hiroshima Kure-shi Chuo 3-15
  • Koharu Bridge
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    Hiroshima Kure-shi Nakadori 2
  • Sakai Bridge
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    Hiroshima Kure-shi Nakadori 2
  • Itsukushima Sorihashi
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    Hiroshima Hatsukaichi-shi Miyajimacho 1-1
  • Kone Shima Lighthouse
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    Hiroshima Onomichi-shi Setodacho Kone
  • Ashidagawa Ohashi
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    Hiroshima Fukuyama-shi Minoshimacho-Minomicho
  • Museum of Art Dori
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    Hiroshima Kure-shi Saiwaicho
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Hiroshima Miyajima Onomichi Shimanami Kaido Fukuyama / Tomonoura Kure Akinada Tobishima Kaido / Takehara Northern
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There is more than meets the eye awaiting any Hiroshima-bound traveler. Kicking off in Hiroshima city, the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Castle, and Shukkeien Garden offer a couple of days of exploring; however, the real beauty lies along the southern coast of the prefecture. There, a series of islands spreads across the Seto Inland Sea: from the mysterious sea-submerged Great Torii Gate at Miyajima Island to the first half of the islands that connect Honshu to Shikoku via six spectacular suspension bridges.

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