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Hiroshima
Japan's most photographed shrine, whose vermilion torii appears to float on the sea off Miyajima island.
Miyajima's atmospheric mountainside Shingon temple, layered with sutra wheels, caverns and playful statues.
A forested mountain temple of three waterfalls just north of central Hiroshima, famous for blazing autumn maples.
Home to Hiroshima city's only National Treasure hall, a rare medieval building that survived the atomic bomb.
Hiroshima's busiest shrine, rebuilt inside the castle grounds and thronged for New Year prayers.
A hillside shrine to shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, with a Bomb-surviving gate and a fine free view over the city.
A vermilion cliffside temple above Onomichi, wrapped in cherry blossom and sweeping Inland Sea views.
An Onomichi temple with two National Treasures, linked to Prince Shotoku and the Ashikaga shoguns.
A flamboyant 20th-century temple of gilded replicas and a hilltop of white Carrara marble on Ikuchijima island.
The skeletal ruin left standing beneath the 1945 atomic blast, now a UNESCO World Heritage symbol of peace.
A green riverside park of monuments built on the hypocentre district, dedicated to the victims and to world peace.
The saddle-shaped arch at the heart of the Peace Park, sheltering the register of every known atomic-bomb victim.
A monument crowned by a girl lifting a folded crane, inspired by Sadako Sasaki and dedicated to child victims.
The distinctive T-shaped bridge that served as the atomic bomb's visual aiming point on 6 August 1945.
An Edo-period castle rebuilt beside its Shinkansen station, notable for the restored iron plating on its keep.
The sprawling mountain-castle ruins of warlord Mori Motonari, one of Japan's 100 Great Castles.
A vast open-sided wooden hall begun by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587, nicknamed the Hall of a Thousand Tatami Mats.
A serene 400-year-old Edo-period stroll garden of miniature landscapes, a mere ten-minute walk from the atomic bomb hypocenter.
The 535-metre sacred peak of Miyajima, crowned with mystical rock formations, ancient flame and sweeping Seto Inland Sea panoramas.
One of Japan's most famous maple valleys, blazing scarlet each November at the foot of sacred Mount Misen on Miyajima.
A 16-kilometre ravine of waterfalls, emerald pools and towering cliffs in the mountains of northwest Hiroshima, famous for autumn colour.
A hillside botanical garden above the Seto Inland Sea with Japan's largest greenhouse dome and thousands of plant species.
A perfectly preserved Edo-era harbour town on the Seto Inland Sea, ringed by scenic islands and steeped in maritime history.
A vast highland flower farm blanketed in tulips, poppies, sunflowers and dahlias across the seasons, high in central Hiroshima.
