Hiroshima

The water is dotted with tiny rocky islets sprouting gnarled pine trees. Small bridges cross above lots of colorful carp, a fish venerated for its long and vigorous life. — Fodor's

The Peace Memorial Museum has much to commend it, not least its objectivity, showing the horror caused by the American bomb without skipping over the atrocities committed by the Japanese. — Michelin Guide

Thousands of paper cranes are piled high in a multi-coloured and joyful mass, despite evoking Sasaki Sadako, a girl who died at the age of 12 from leukaemia caused by the atomic fallout. — Michelin Guide

Designed in the 1960s by the architect Tange Kenzo, this park planted with camphor trees and oleander stretches over 12ha in the centre of the city. — Michelin Guide

Completed in 1591 but destroyed in the atomic blast, Hiroshima Castle was reconstructed in 1958. — Frommer's

Next to the Shukkei Garden, this museum is a visual treat. — Fodor's

This curved concrete monument houses a list of the names of all the known victims of the atomic bomb. — Lonely Planet