I Visited Hiroshima 5 Times. It Still Surprises Me.

Hiroshima is one of the most famous cities in Japan. It is also one of the easiest to misunderstand.

I first visited in 2006. Even after going back again and again, the city still surprises me.

In this video: Hiroshima’s history, its rebuilding, and what the city actually feels like today.

Read the written version:
https://beyondtokyo47.substack.com/p/hiroshima-is-not-the-city-i-expected

Watch Part 2:

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Hiroshima is not what I expected
0:38 The city today
1:29 Food, trams, Mazda, and momiji manju
2:24 Hiroshima Station is changing
2:53 Why Hiroshima mattered before 1945
3:41 August 6, 1945
4:41 The museum and memory
5:59 Stepping back outside
6:14 Peace Memorial Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome
7:05 How Hiroshima rebuilt itself
7:34 What returned to the city
8:48 Why Kure comes next

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BEYOND TOKYO covers all 47 of Japan’s prefectures, made by someone who’s actually been to every single one.

Each prefecture gets three videos: the history and context, the deeper exploration, and the food worth travelling for.

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HIROSHIMA SERIES
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Part 1 – I Visited Hiroshima Again and Again. It Still Surprises Me.
Part 2 – Japan Hid This Island From the World. Now It’s Full of Rabbits.
Part 3 – Hiroshima Food: Beyond Okonomiyaki

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IN THIS VIDEO
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Hiroshima / Peace Memorial Park / Atomic Bomb Dome / Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum / Hiroshima trams / Hiroshima Station / Seto Inland Sea / Kure

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IMAGE CREDITS
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“Hiroden Hiroshima-STA Platforms.jpg” by MaedaAkihiko, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiroden_Hiroshima-STA_Platforms.jpg
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“Minamoa2階に乗り入れる広島駅停留場.jpg” by Ricekun, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0:
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