Hiroshima Hotspot

Connected Sites: 6

Definition

Cluster of at least 4 WHS within reach for a return day trip from a center. The center is: Hiroshima. Neighboring hotspot: Kyoto (100min by shinkansen)

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Connected Sites

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Japan

Inscribed: 2007

2.54

51

8

(via direct bus to Omori, 2.5 hours one way)
Okinoshima Island

Japan

Inscribed: 2017

2.34

45

5

the main shrine on Kyushu Island is easy to visit by bullet train via Kitakyushu and another local train.
Itsukushima Shrine

Japan

Inscribed: 1996

3.56

210

11

Half an hour by train and ferry
Himeji-jo

Japan

Inscribed: 1993

3.51

234

10

An hour by train
Genbaku Dome

Japan

Inscribed: 1996

3.16

205

20

In Hiroshima
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution

Japan

Inscribed: 2015

2.80

99

10

Hagi - 2.5h by train and bus

Hiroshima Hotspot

Definition

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Connected Sites

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Okinoshima Island

Itsukushima Shrine

Himeji-jo

Genbaku Dome

Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution