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Hiroshima - sad but beautiful (Day 14 - 16 by Chris)

September 30th 2015
Wednesday 30th September 2015 An unforgettable experience in Hiroshima is a visit to the Peace Museum, which documents the devastation caused to the area by the atomic bomb dropped on 6th August 1945. We opted to take an audio tour of the exhibition that proved to be both insightful and harrowing in equal measure. We walked through the museum taking in the sights of kids bicycles, lunch ... read more
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Japanese Flag In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more
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