Hiroshima’s defining moment came with the dropping of the first atomic bomb. If you think they’d want to put this in the past, the ruined Genbaku Dome disagrees, defiantly standing as a preserved reminder of the event, while the broader Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park symbolizes hope for the future. Nearby Miyajima Island and Shukkeien Gardens provide more serene ways to spend your time, the former making Japan’s top-three scenic locations, and the latter a unique landscape of miniatures modeled after forests, valleys and mountains in China.