We travelled to Hiroshima for this Thanksgiving by Shinkansen (bullet train). The 900+ km were covered in a quick 4 hours. The weather was a little bit cold and windy but we were lucky not to have any rain, which gave us some great views of Hiroshima, Myajima and Iwakuni. Hiroshima is a modern city with a "western" grid layout, which of course is all new due to the total devastating destruction in 1945. The main attractions of the city include the Peace Memorial Park which contains several monuments and the Memorial museum. The rebuild Hiroshima castle is also a nice attraction as a couple of other small museums. After this sobering experience we had a day trip to the island of Myajima, Annika loved the roaming deers but Sophia was not very keen on dealing
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