Hiroshima (‘broad island’) is a city built on a series of sandy islands on the delta of the Oota-gawa River.

Although it’s a busy, prosperous, not unattractive industrial city,
visitors would have no real reason to leave the shinkansen in Hiroshima (population 1 085 000) were it not for that terrible instant on 6 August 1945 when the city became the world’s first atomic bomb target. The Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park is a constant reminder of that tragic day and attracts a steady stream of visitors from all over the world.

The city’s history dates back to 1589, when the feudal lord Moori Terumoto named the city and established a castle there.