Hiroshima – the first city in history that was dealt the devastation of an atomic bomb. Today, remnants of the aftermath such as the Atomic Bomb Dome and the former Bank of Japan still stand with honorary and commemorative shrines, bells, statutes and buildings located in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. As a tourist in Hiroshima, one should put down a visit to the Peace Park as one of their top items to do.  The next item on my list was as expected, food.

If there is one place you have to eat, I recommend Hassho as it is considered the premier place to eat okonomiyaki out of an estimated 860 okonomiyaki restaurants in Hiroshima, 6 of these part of the Hassho chain. Furthermore, as have not been disproven so far by my belief that the original branch is the best out of the chains, thus I went to the original shop located a short walk conveniently from our hotel in Yagenbori.

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