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1. Hiroshima Castle
Terumoto Mori, a powerful feudal lord whose domain once covered much of the Chugoku Region, began construction on Hiroshima Castle in the year Tensho 17 (1589), choosing for it a location with convenient access to both water and land transportation. At that time, large-scale construction work commenced on the castle structures, including its stone walls and fences, towers and keep, as well as the surrounding castle town. Although Mori would later be demoted by the Tokugawa Shogunate after the Battle of Sekigahara, Hiroshima Castle continued to be maintained throughout the Edo Period by successive feudal lords, from Masanori Fukushima to Nagaakira Asano, whose clan would control the castle, and with it the domain, for twelve generations.
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2. Shukkeien
Shukkeien was created in the year Genna 6 (1620) by Shigeyasu Ueda, a high-ranking retainer in the service of the Asano Clan who was also a renowned master of tea ceremony, to serve as a villa for Asano feudal lords. The garden's interior, said to have been modeled on the world-famous scenic beauty of China's X? H? (West Lake), was named "Shukkeien" (meaning "condensed scenery garden") for condensing into a single garden the scenery of a mountain river, the feel of Kyoto and the essence of a place deep in the mountains. Several islands, large and small, rise out of the pond, called "Takueichi", that was created in the center of the garden and the clever arrangement of ravines, bridges and arbors allows visitors to enjoy taking a stroll around them.
Fee: 250 yen. Opening hour 9:00-17:00.
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3. A-bomb Dome
In December 1996 at UNESCO's 20th World Heritage Committee Convention in Merida, the Atomic Bomb Dome was listed as a World Heritage site being a building that communicates the total devastation caused by nuclear weapons.
The Atomic Bomb Dome was constructed in 1915 as a facility for the display and sale of commercial products within Hiroshima prefecture and was the location for the Hiroshima prefecture art exhibition and other such events. When it was established, it was called that "Hiroshima prefecture Industrial Products Display Hall". Following that it was renamed the "Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Products Exhibition Hall" and finally in 1933 was named the "Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall."
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Photo Credit: Hiroshima Prefecture |
4. Itsukushima Shrine
It is said that Itsukushima Shrine, one of the Three Scenic Views of Japan, was established by Saeki-no-Kuramoto. In the late Heian Period, the current shrine building was constructed in its present form, as a shrine on the sea, with the assistance of Taira-no-Kiyomori. The conception of a shrine whose grounds include the sea, with its form ever changing with the ebb and flow of the tides, is like nothing else in the world. In December of the year Heisei 8 (1996), Itsukushima Shrine was registered as a World Heritage Site. Looking out over the Inland Sea before it and crowned to its rear by Mt. Misen, a sacred mountain where the gods are believed to have descended to earth, Itsukushima Shrine strikes a harmony between natural and man-made beauty.
Please see Miyajima tourism site if you want to get more information on Itsukushima Shrine.
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How to access to Itsukushima Shrine
Visitors can take a boat to visit Miyajima World Heritage site from this pier. Please see "World Heritage Course" site to get more detailed information and check the fare and timetables.
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Hiroshima City Map for Tour information
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Hiroshima Optional Tours
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The Chugoku Regional Research Center (CRRC) provides several different one-day excursions as Hiroshima Optional Tours.
If you are intested in these excursions, please check the following website.
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