Hiroshima, Japan

Because of the late departure yesterday, we arrived one hour late in Hiroshima. But the departure time is the same as schedules. Again, it is a very short day in port.

Hiroshima was the first military target of a nuclear weapon in human history. This occurred on August 6, 1945

So, we decided that our focus of today will be the history of this event.

The shuttle brought us from the ship to the center of the city and after walking for 15min we arrived at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. It is three levels museum telling the history of the live before, during and rebuilding of the city after atomic bomb.
After museum we went see adjacent Peace Memorial Park with Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims, Flame of Peace and Children’s Peace Monument.
Across the river stands Atomic Bomb Dome which symbolizes the pledge to convey the horror of nuclear weapons.

After that we went to see Hiroshima Castle, former site of the Imperial military headquarters. Beautiful setting on the island.

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