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because of their beauty and the traditions the seabed. The elegant inner shrine includes
they have maintained. And we enjoy a closer 37 buildings, while the outer shrine along
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to Omishima Island where we’ll delight in blending with the compelling natural beauty
spectacular views from the bridges that have of the site.
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Hirayama Museum of Art, which displays discoveries. Tonight we’ll gather for a
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spent his boyhood on this island. Having
experienced the tragedy of the A-bomb at
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Day 4 Hiroshima • Return to U.S.
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the early evening.
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Breakfast Breakfast

Day 3 Hiroshima • Explore Miyajima •
Visit Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

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train and then by ferry to Miyajima, an island
that was once worshiped for its spirituality.
Here Mount Misen—whose primeval forests
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beautiful Seto Inland Sea.

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founded in AD 593 and is designated
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Japan of the unique Shinden architecture.
The famed gate to the shrine, the torii, rises

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