Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands.

It is most known throughout the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II by the United States of America.

Hiroshima was rebuilt after the war.

Today, new and modern buildings rise all over the city.

Hiroshima was proclaimed a City of Peace by the Japanese parliament. As a result, the city of Hiroshima received more international attention as a desirable location for holding international conferences on peace as well as social issues.