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I remember so strongly the feeling when I saw all those mosquito bites coming up… I rushed home and had some antihistamines asap. Visiting Hiroshima made me feel a lot of things. It’s strange to realise you’re visiting somewhere for such grim reasons. Hiroshima has some beautiful spots now, for sure, but then we learned about the tragic fate of the local citizens on *that day*. Sometimes travelling is just too sad if you look in to the history that you pass.
We used our Japan Rail passes to ride the bullet train here, and arranged our train journeys (started in Tokyo and ending in Osaka) to cover the most distance over that week. The bullet trains are just amazing! I wish I had made a separate video about them. We stayed in a budget hotel in Hiroshima, since there weren’t any good hostels available. Hiroshima was definitely worth visiting as part of our budget Japan backpacking trip, but if you’re planning to go, you should check if the peace museum is actually open first!
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