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Hiroshima

A community portal about Hiroshima with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Japanese city of Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the... [more]

A community portal about Hiroshima with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Japanese city of Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest of Japan's islands. It is most known throughout the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. Hiroshima gained municipality status on April 1, 1889 and was designated on April 1, 1980 by government ordinance. The city's current mayor is Tadatoshi Akiba who assumed the office on February 23, 1999.

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HIROSHIMA, Dec. 14 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Hiroshima Carp right-hander Colby Lewis is leaving the club to return to the United States because of family health problems, Hiroshima said Monday. Lewis went 1...  
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If the bombing had been pushed back a year, do you think the war would have lasted? If not, then you could make the case that Japan got nuked because this guy was trying to build a uranium light bulb. Also, I find the exclamation point at the end of this sentence strangely disturbing: (Little did [...]  
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(TrendHunter.com) I absolutely adore the mixture of traditional and modern architecture taking place in Japan at the moment. This beautiful heightened home in Hiroshima, Japan by Tetsuya Nakazono at naf architect & design…  
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While we review the need for the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we can't lose sight of the fact that the republic-based free world was fighting for survival against fascism and dictatorship ("Bomb not justified," Dec. 10 Letters to the Editor). The enemy was not just a military, but an entire people prepared to destroy the world rather than surrender.The number killed directly by atomic bombs was about 70,000 in Hiroshima...  
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Hiroshima is known as one of the leading regions in Japan for kagura dancing, an ancient Shinto performance art involving ornate kimono and expressive demon masks. Learn more about these performances and where you can see them in Hiroshima.  
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