Hiroshima & Miyajima Guide: Peace Memorials, Island Sanctuaries, and Craft Oysters
Few places in the world hold two truths this far apart in such close range. Hiroshima carries the weight of August 6, 1945, honestly and openly, and yet the city around that memory is loud, green, and genuinely alive, streetcars rattling past okonomiyaki grills, a beloved baseball team, rivers full of evening joggers. And 30 minutes away by ferry, Miyajima floats in the Seto Inland Sea like something out of a folk tale, a torii gate rising from the water, deer wandering temple grounds, maple leaves turning the whole island red in autumn. So this is a guide to both halves: the profound and the peaceful, side by side. 🍁 […]