With a population of approximately one million, Hiroshima looks just like any other up-and-coming city in Japan.
Modern buildings, industry, the manufacture of cars and ships – the city is full of vitality and purpose, with a steady flow of both Japanese and foreign business executives in and out of the city.

But unlike other cities, Hiroshima’s past is clouded.

It has the unfortunate distinction of being the first city ever destroyed by an atomic bomb (the second city, and hopefully the last, was Nagasaki).