The Japanese city of Hiroshima is home to more than 1 million inhabitants and is located on the western island of Honshu.

Hiroshima and another Japanese city, Nagasaki, are infamous for being the only two places in history where the atomic bomb was dropped.

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This event is commemorated in Hiroshima by a memorial park with a museum and the remains of the Exhibition Hall building, which is the only building in the wide radius of the bomb blast to remain partially standing.

Hiroshima is also a great starting point for trips to the famous Miyajima Island, other islands in Hiroshima Bay and the surrounding mountains.