Rising like a Phoenix from the flames
September 16th 2009 Day 443: Tuesday 15th September - Riding the Shinkansen to the low point in Japan’s history
After 9 days in and around the capital it is time to leave Tokyo behind and explore more of Japan’s main island, Honshu. My next destination is Hiroshima, known primarily as the first city in history to have a nuclear bomb dropped on it. Hiroshima is 900 kilometres (400+ miles) to the west of Tokyo an
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