Between Chugoku area and Shikoku area, beautiful sea called Setonaikai and many small islands are there.

SETONAIKAI

There is Hiroshima where the atomic bomb was dropped at the first time in 1945. So people all over the world pay attention to there.

Do you know Sadako Sasaki? She died of leukemia because of the atomic bomb, when she was 12 years old and 10 years went by after the war had been over. She kept making thousand paper cranes on the bed to live. The story is written by many novelists around the world, so children around the world have read it.

Hiroshima peace memorial museum
Many of those who managed to survive suffered irreparable physical and psychological damage and still suffer the effects today. The museum displays A-bomb artifacts and materials specifically designed to convey the events and conditions in Hiroshima on August 6.

Atomic Bomb Dome
(160 meters from the hypocenter)
In December 1996, this structure was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a remember to the entire world of the horrors of the atomic bomb and a symbol of global peace.

With the atomic explosion, Hiroshima lost its foundation as a city. But the people never lost hope. The struggled continually to get back on their feet.

ITSUKUSHIMA SHRINE

Miyajima is an island near Hiroshima city where the Itsukushima shrine is famous. When we go here, many wild deer will welcome us.

Shinto Style Wedding

At the shrine, couples wed as same as doing at church. Although that's Japanese tradition, almost people recently wed at hotel or church.

When the tide is in, the shrine floats on the sea. At night, we can see the fantastic sight by lighting.

TORII (Gateway at the entrance to Shinto shrine)