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You can only really understand the devastation that hit Hiroshima by going there as i suggested a few weeks back. The A-Bomb Dome was one of the only remaining structures that survived, if only partially.
In the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum there’s a scale model of Hiroshima before and after.
Widespread destruction with only several buildings still standing.
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For my money, i can’t go past the Shinkansen for my means of long distance travel within Japan.
Not only is it a safer option, there’s much less stuffing around than with a plane, no security check, no carry-on luggage restrictions etc …
On my recent trip to Hiroshima and Kyoto i had the pleasure of riding the Shinkansen several times.
Although as a tourist there’s a JR Rail Pass you can get it’s not necessarily the best and easiest option.
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The Golden Pavilion or Kinkaku-ji 金閣寺, as it’s known to the locals, was a major highlight of last weeks trip to Kyoto.
Once again i tried my hand at a few HDR images, both with different levels of aggressiveness applied, here’s one reasonably subtle.
The 3 images i used to combine into one using photomatix were.
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