At a time when the daily headlines are all about North Korea and Iran trying to get nuclear weapons, it is good to return to Hiroshima. With its broad boulevards, tree-lined rivers and low-slung mountains, Hiroshima today is one of Japan’s most attractive cities, a spacious contrast to densely packed Tokyo, 400 miles to the north. But even these assets are a reminder of the event sixty years ago that instantly made this city known throughout the world.
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