This is obviously a must to visit when in Hiroshima.  It is being preserved for perpetuity and that is a very good thing.  As well as seeing it in the daytime, try to go out at night when it is...

Half of the paintings in this round museum in the center of Hiroshima are by the French masters, including Degas, Renoir and Monet, and the other half are by Japanese artists.

Contemporary outside and in, this museum was designed by a prominent Japanese architect, and has a great collection of works by both established and new Japanese artists

Rebuilt following its destruction by the atomic bomb, this building houses an excellent museum that traces Hiroshima’s history, describes the architecture and other aspects of castles in Japan and, through videos, explains the construction of this castle.

Artists of the region are the focus of this museum which also features non-Japanese artists who influenced contemporary Japanese art, like Salvador Dali and Picasso.

This 17th-century miniature landscape garden was restored after its destruction in 1945, and contains a pond, streams, islets and bridges.