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1．Hiroshima
Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, /ˌhɪroʊˈʃiːmə/, also UK: /hɪˈrɒʃɪmə/,[2] US: /hɪˈroʊʃɪmə/, [çiɾoɕima] ⓘ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010.[3][4] Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011. The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the second largest urban area in the Chugoku region of Japan, following the Okayama metropolitan area.
population：1,190,239人 area：906.68km2
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Hiroshima in Temple

1．Mitaki-dera  ・
Mitaki-dera (三瀧寺) is a historic Japanese temple in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Mitaki-dera was founded in 809 during the Daidō era. Mitaki-dera is familiar with the name of "Mitaki-Kannon" (三滝観音). The temple grounds include three waterfalls, and their waters are used as an offering to the victims of the atomic bomb during the annual Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony.
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Hiroshima in Shrine

2．Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine  ・Shinto
Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja (広島護国神社) is a Japanese Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan.
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3．Hiroshima Tōshō-gū  ・Shinto
Hiroshima Tōshō-gū (広島東照宮) is a Shinto shrine in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is Tōshō-gū shrine, which enshrines the first Shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Hiroshima in Castle

4．Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshima-jō), sometimes called Carp Castle (鯉城, Rijō), is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. The main keep was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original that now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history before World War II, and other castle buildings have been reconstructed since.
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5．Miiri-Takamatsu Castle
Miiri-Takamatsu Castle (三入高松城, Miiri-Takamatsu -jō)) is the remains of a castle structure in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is located on a 339-meter mountain. One of the 18 Generals of Mōri, Kumagai Nobunao was commander of the castle.[1] In the Sengoku period, Kumagai clan moved their main bastion from Isegatsubo Castle to the castle since Isegatsubo Castle was considered unsuitable to withstanding a siege, and used the castle until Mōri clan moved to Suō Province.[2][3][4]
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Hiroshima in Museum

6．Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts  ・6–20 Ujina-miyuki 2-chome, Minami-ku, Hiroshima
The Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts is a history museum in Ujina-nishi Park in Hiroshima, Japan.
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7．Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology  ・40-1, Ebaminami 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
The Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology (広島市江波山気象館, Hiroshima-shi Ebayama Kishōkan) was the first museum of meteorology in Japan. It is located in Ebayama Park in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Hiroshima in art museum

8．Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum (広島県立美術館, Hiroshima Kenritsu Bijutsukan) is an art museum founded in 1968. It was reconstructed in 1996. It is located near Shukkei-en in Hiroshima, Japan.
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9．Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (広島市現代美術館, Hiroshima-shi Gendai Bijutsukan) is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan. The building was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa.[3] It was the first public contemporary art museum to open in Japan,[4] and its exhibitions focus on post-1945, contemporary emerging artists and artworks that link contemporary art with Hiroshima.[5]
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Hiroshima in station

10．Aki-Nakano Station  ・2-chōme-2 Nakano, Aki-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 739-0321Japan
Aki-Nakano Station (安芸中野駅, Aki-Nakano-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Aki-ku in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
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11．Itsukaichi Station  ・1 Asahien, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 731-5133Japan
Itsukaichi Station (五日市駅, Itsukaichi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Saeki-ku in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1] The station connects to Hiroden-itsukaichi Station on the Hiroden Lines.
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12．Ushita Station  ・2-4-44, Ushita-shinmachi, Naka-ku,HiroshimaJapan
Ushita Station is a HRT station on Astram Line, located in 2-4-44, Ushita-shinmachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.
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13．Saekikuyakushomae Station  ・2-4-6, Kairoen, Saeki-ku, HiroshimaJapan
Saeki-kuyakusyo-mae (Saeki Ward Office) is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Miyajima Line, located in front of Saeki Ward Office, in Kairoen, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima.[1]
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14．Seno Station  ・1-chōme-5 Seno, Aki-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 739-0311Japan
Seno Station (瀬野駅, Seno-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Aki-ku in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
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15．Nakanohigashi Station  ・5-chōme-21 Nakano, Aki-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, 739-0321Japan
Nakanohigashi Station (中野東駅, Nakanohigashi-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Aki-ku in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
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16．Hiroden-itsukaichi Station  ・2-720-9, Asahien, Saeki-ku, HiroshimaJapan
Hiroden-itsukaichi is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Miyajima Line, located south of the JR Itsukaichi Station in Asahien, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima.[1]
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17．Fudōin-mae Station  ・3–3–12, Ushita-shinmachi, Naka-ku,HiroshimaJapan
Fudōin-mae Station is a HRT station on Astram Line, located in 3–3–12, Ushita-shinmachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima.[1]
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18．Hesaka Station  ・
Hesaka Station (戸坂駅, Hesaka-eki) is a JR West Geibi Line station located in 2-chōme, Hesaka Sōda, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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19．Yaga Station (Hiroshima)  ・
Yaga Station (矢賀駅, Yaga-eki) is a JR West Geibi Line station located in 5-chōme, Yaga, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
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20．Yano Station  ・1-chōme-32 Yanonishi, Aki-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken 736-0085Japan
Yano Station (矢野駅, Yano-eki) is a passenger railway station located in Aki-ku in the city of Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West).[1]
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21．Rakurakuen Station  ・2-547-3, Rakurakuen, Saeki-ku, HiroshimaJapan
Rakurakuen is a Hiroden station on Hiroden Miyajima Line, located in Rakurakuen, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima.[1] There was an amusement park called "Rakurakuen-yuenchi" operated by Hiroden.
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Hiroshima in park

22．Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park  ・Dobutsuen, Asa-cho, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima
Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park (広島市安佐動物公園, Hiroshima-shi Asa Dōbutsukōen) is a zoo in Hiroshima, Japan.
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23．Hiroshima City Transportation Museum  ・2-12-2 Chorakuji, Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
The Hiroshima City Transportation Museum (広島市交通科学館, Hiroshima-shi Kōtsū Kagakukan) is a transport museum in Hiroshima, Japan, opened in March 1995.
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24．Hiroshima Botanical Garden  ・
The Hiroshima Botanical Garden (広島市植物公園, Hiroshima-shi Shokubutsu Kōen) is located in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima in western Honshū, on the hill facing the Seto Inland Sea. The Garden was opened to the public on 3 November 1976. Since its inception, the Garden has been adding to its collection of exotic as well as indigenous plants. The Garden has a collection of plants and flowers from several parts of the world, and has been organized in a number of display houses. It also has several Japanese classical horticultural plants such as morning glory and Japanese primrose.
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25．Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park  ・Hiroshima
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園, Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims (of whom there may have been as many as 140,000). The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is visited by more than one million people each year.[1] The park is there in memory of the victims of the nuclear attack on August 6, 1945, in which the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.[2] The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park was planned and designed by the Japanese Architect Kenzō Tange at Tange Lab.
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26．Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center  ・4-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center (広島県立総合体育館, Hiroshima Kenritsu Sōgō Taiikukan) is an indoor arena located in Hiroshima, Japan. The original arena was built sometime shortly after World War II. The arena was rebuilt for the 1994 Asian Games.[citation needed] It hosted some of the group games for the 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship and the official 2006 Basketball World Championship.
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27．Hiroshima Children's Museum  ・5-83 Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Japan
The Hiroshima Children's Museum (広島市こども文化科学館 Hiroshima-shi Kodomo Bunka Kagakukan) is a science museum for children in Hiroshima, Japan.
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28．Hiroshima Museum of Art  ・3-2 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
The Hiroshima Museum of Art (ひろしま美術館, Hiroshima Bijutsukan) is an art museum founded in 1978. It is located in the Hiroshima Central Park in Hiroshima, Japan.
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29．Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (1957)  ・5-25, Moto-machi,Naka-ku, Hiroshima
First Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (初代広島市民球場, Shodai Hiroshima Shimin Kyūjō) was a stadium in Hiroshima, Japan. It was primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. It opened in 1957 and held 31,984 people.It stood in the central area of Hiroshima across from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
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30．Children's Peace Monument  ・Hiroshima, Japan
The Children's Peace Monument (原爆の子の像, Genbaku no Ko no Zō, lit. "Atomic Bomb Children Statue") is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This monument is located in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako Sasaki, a young girl, died of leukemia from radiation of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.
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31．Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims  ・
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims is one of the National Memorial Halls in Hiroshima, Japan. The Hall was founded by the Japanese national government to mourn the atomic bomb victims in 2002. It was designed by Kenzo Tange. There is another National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki built for the same purpose.
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32．Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony  ・
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is an annual Japanese vigil. Every August 6, "A-Bomb Day", the city of Hiroshima holds the Peace Memorial Ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace. The ceremony is held in front of the Memorial Cenotaph in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Participants include the families of the deceased and people from all over the world. The first ceremony was held in 1947 by the then Hiroshima Mayor Shinzo Hamai.
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33．Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum  ・1-2 Nakajima-chō, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated to documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. The museum was established in August 1955 with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (now the International Conference Center Hiroshima [ja]). It is the most popular of Hiroshima's destinations for school field-trips from all over Japan and for international visitors. 53 million people had visited the museum from its opening in 1955 through 2005, averaging over one million visitors per year. The architect of the main building was Kenzō Tange.
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Hiroshima in bridge

34．Ōta River Bridge
The Ōta River Bridge (Japanese: 太田川大橋, also rendered in rōmaji as Otagawaohashi, also called Otagawa Bridge or Otagawa Ohashi Bridge) is a bridge on the Ōta River in Hiroshima, Japan. It is the southernmost of all the crossings of the Ōta River and carries Route 3 (the Hiroshima Minami Route) of the Hiroshima Expressway.
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Hiroshima in island

35．Ninoshima
Ninoshima (Japanese: 似島) is an island in the Seto Inland Sea, located near Hiroshima. Gakuen-mae pier on Ninoshima is located 4 km from Hiroshima (Ujina) Port. It takes only half an hour to get to Ninoshima from wharf 4 of Hiroshima Port (Ujina Port) by ferry.[1] The island is 3.87 km2 in size,[2] and topped with the mountain Aki-no-Kofuji (278 m). In Japanese, the mountain's name means "Little Fuji of Aki" (the former name of the Hiroshima area). The name of the island means "resemblance island", as the shape of the island and its mountain resemble Mount Fuji.[3]
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Hiroshima in river

36．Ōta River
Ōta River (太田川, Ōta-gawa) is a 103-kilometer (64 mile) long river in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Its main stream originates in Mt. Kanmuri (冠山, Kanmuri-yama) (1,339m) and empties, through a flood-control channel, into the Seto Inland Sea. The river is one of the major rivers in the prefecture and descends through steep topography, with hydroelectric power plants situated along the river.
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Hiroshima in Dishes

37．Gionbō
Gionbō (祇園坊 or ぎおんぼう) is a wagashi (Japanese sweet). It resembles a dried persimmon, and is now made by filling gyūhi (a soft form of mochi) with bean jam, then sprinkling white sugar over it. In the time when sugar was an expensive rarity, dried persimmon, made by drying astringent persimmons (Japanese: shibugaki), was a precious sweetener, and it was very commonly used in many households. At that time, wagashi was made to showcase this fine fruit, and since then it has become one of the most familiar wagashi in Japan.
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