| Essence of Japan 6 | |
| Hiroshima | |
| 広島 | |
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| Views over Hiroshima seen from the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. Hiroshima Castle (left) was rebuilt after 1945 - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima, one of the tallest buildings in Hiroshima - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Reflections of Hiroshima Castle - the modern tower block in the left-hand picture is the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Senior pupils (left) arriving for school which starts at 8 a.m. Junior pupils (right) heading home in mid afternoon - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The A-bomb Dome (left) and a Peace Memorial (right) on the bank of the River Motoyasu at its confluence with the River Honkawa - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| At 0815 on 6 August 1945 an atomic bomb exploded above this building (the Genbaku Dōmu, or A-bomb Dome) which is today Hiroshima's best known landmark and memorial - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The A-bomb Dome and the Eternal Flame viewed from the arch of the Memorial Cenotaph - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Children's Peace Memorial (above) is a representation of a girl holding a folded paper crane. A young girl dying of radiation believed if she could make a thousand paper cranes she would recover: she did not survive. The Hiroshima Peace Bell (right) which can be rung by any member of the public - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The A-bomb Dome (left) and is all that remains of the old bombed city. The RIHGA Royal Hotel dominates the skyline in this view of central Hiroshima (above) - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| April apple blossom and a heron on the Motoyasu River - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Crossing to Miyajima Island from Hiroshima - JR Ferry (left) and Otorii (or Grand Gate) of the Itsukushima Shrine (right) - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Heavy rain is falling as we head for the vermillion Grand Gate (right) which, at high tide, appears to float on the water - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Deer are sacred and free to wander and are partial to paper objects which they will attempt to steal from unwary tourists - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The Itsukushima Shrine was founded in 593 - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The shrine is best viewed at high tide when, if the sea is calm, the structures are reflected in the water - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| The "floating" Grand Torii viewed from the Itsukushima Shrine - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Part of the old town with its almost British-like pillar box - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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When it rains shopkeepers roll out blinds over the narrow street . . . |
- VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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| . . . and customers go on shopping |
- VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow |
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| Returning to Hiroshima - ferries of the two different operating companies - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Extra wide pedestrian crossing (left) and typical shopping mall (right) back in Hiroshima - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Hiroshima's wide streets were designed to take trams - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Hiroshima's tram operating company is Hiroden (Hiroshima Electic Railway) - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| A wide variety of trams of various vintages and liveries are to be seen in Hiroshima as Hiroden has acquired many second-hand vehicles - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| These vehicles are now being replaced by modern stock - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| Vintage trams still in regular service in Hiroshima in 2013 - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |
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| More modern trams operating in Hiroshima in April 2013 - VIDEO CAPTUREs Malcolm McCrow | |