1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture

This park commemorates the explosion of the first atomic bomb, and houses the Peace Memorial Museum and monuments related to the horrific event.

1-10 Otemachi Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0051 Hiroshima Prefecture

This skeleton of a building is all that remains in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on August 6, 1945, and serves as a symbol of both the horrors of atomic war and the hope for world peace.

1-2 Nakajimacho, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture

21-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0011 Hiroshima Prefecture

Rebuilt following its destruction by the atomic bomb, this building houses an excellent museum that traces Hiroshima’s history, describes the architecture and other aspects of castles in Japan and, through videos, explains the construction of this castle.

Nakajimacho, Naka-Ku Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture

2-11 Kaminobori-cho, Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture

This 17th-century miniature landscape garden was restored after its destruction in 1945, and contains a pond, streams, islets and bridges.

5-13 Shintenchi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0034 Hiroshima Prefecture

1 Nakajima-cho Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture

1-6 Nakajimacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima 732-0822 Hiroshima Prefecture

1 Nakajimacho Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture

2-3-1 Minamikaniya, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 732-0803 Hiroshima Prefecture

1-5-25 Otemachi Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0051 Hiroshima Prefecture

1-2-1 Otemachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima 730-0051 Hiroshima Prefecture

3-2 Motomachi, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima 730-0011 Hiroshima Prefecture

Half of the paintings in this round museum in the center of Hiroshima are by the French masters, including Degas, Renoir and Monet, and the other half are by Japanese artists.