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History of Hiroshima

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January 12th 2017
We extended our travels of Japan by heading further west to Hiroshima. We made the 330km trip by (you guessed it) bullet train. There really is no finer way to travel. Our first stop when we reached Hiroshima, was Hiroshima Castle. This flat land castle was built in the 16th century by Mori Terumoto to assert political power. Sadly, the tower was destroyed by the atomic bomb in 1945. It has si ... read more

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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