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    Hiroshima to Fukuoka

    JAPAN | Fri, 28 Nov 2008 | By george | Views [6947]

    Arriving in Hiroshima by a super fast shinkansen, the first surprise was the size of the city.  It's quite big - the population's over a million.  Otherwise, on the surface it seems very much like any other city in Japan.  You see this type ... Read more >

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