Interesting+Facts+of+Hiroshima


 * Located in southwestern part of Honshu, Japan, Hiroshima is on a delta that is connected to the Ota River.
 * Founded by Mori Terumoto during the sixteenth century.
 * Hiroshima was a military city until the atomic bomb, then they became a center of the movement for peace and reduction of nuclear bombs.
 * Hiroshima sits on the line of two major tectonic plates, making for an active terrain of volcanoes and earthquakes.
 * Hiroshima is the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu.
 * Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889.
 * It is best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon.
 * Hiroshima has eight wards.
 * Transportation in Hiroshima is a system of streetcars.
 * As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 1,154,391.
 * Hiroshima has a professio nal symphony orchestra, which has performed at Wel City Hiroshima since 1963.
 * Hiroshima is on the east coast of Japan.
 * The area that visitors first become familiar with is the Hiroshima Station area.
 * Hiroshima's most famous food dish is called okonomiyaki.
 * Hiroshima's next most popular food dish is oysters.
 * Hiroshima has a professional baseball, volleyball, handball, and soccer team.
 * Hiroshima has its own prefecture flag.
 * There are a lot of goods imported through the Hiroshima Port.
 * The Hiroshima university was established in 1949.