Hiroshima Prefecture lies in the southwest of Japan's main island, Honshu. It is situated in the center of the Chugoku-Shikoku Region bordered by the Chugoku Mountains to the north and the Seto Inland Sea to the south. The prefecture contains 14 cities, 9 towns. The prefectural office is located in Hiroshima City.

Hiroshima, city, capital of Hiroshima prefecture, southwestern Honshu, Japan. It was founded as a castle town in the 16th century and lies at the head of Hiroshima Bay, an embayment of the Inland Sea. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city in the world to be struck by an atomic bomb.

Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as "Little Boy", a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force. At the time of the bombing, Hiroshima was home to 280,000-290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers.

On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, immediately killing 80,000 people.

Hiroshima features the standard array of English teaching opportunities, with branches of major eikaiwa like Geos, AEON and ECC as well as small, niche language schools. The Hiroshima International Center (see Contact) is a good place to make inquiries, as is a Saturday night at The Shack or Kemby's (see Drink).