HIROSHIMA - risen up from the ashes; and a side trip to MIYAJIMA

Hiroshima - one of the names inextricably connected to the first atomic attack in human history.

A Dove of Peace spreading its wings in front of the Atom Bomb Dome.

Visiting Hiroshima, I wasn't able to imagine an average Japanese city with a little over a million inhabitants plying their trades as if their city never had been practically erased and went down in history as one of the biggest humanitarian disasters.

What I found was a charming city - risen up from the atomic ashes of 1945.

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