:Hiroshima Prefecture

{{See also|Historic Sites of Hiroshima Prefecture}}

The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province.Nussbaum, "Province and prefecture" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780}}. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded history. Hiroshima is a traditional center of the Chūgoku region and was the seat of the Mōri clan until the Battle of Sekigahara.

Together with Nara and Tokyo, Hiroshima is one of the three prefectures with more than one UNESCO World Heritage Site. The two such sites in Hiroshima Prefecture are:

• The Atomic Dome in Hiroshima, one of the few remnants of prewar Hiroshima following the atomic bombing in 1945;
• The Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima, famed for filling with water and appearing to "float" during high tide.

File:Map of Hiroshima Prefecture Ja.svg

File:Fukuyama-city photo.jpg

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Hiroshima prefecture lies in the middle of Japan. Most of the prefecture consists of mountains leading towards Shimane Prefecture; and rivers produce rich plains near the coast.

The province faces Shikoku across the Seto Inland Sea. Hiroshima Bay opens on the Inland Sea.Nussbaum, "Hiroshima Wan" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 320}}. The prefecture also includes many small islands.

The sheltered nature of the Inland Sea makes Hiroshima's climate very mild.

As of 1 April 2014, 4% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks (the lowest percentage of any prefecture), namely Setonaikai National Park; Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku and Nishi-Chūgoku Sanchi Quasi-National Parks; and six Prefectural Natural Parks.{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf |title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |date=1 April 2014 |access-date=22 February 2015}}

{{Further|Kunikane River}}

{{See also|List of cities in Hiroshima Prefecture by population}}

Fourteen cities are located in Hiroshima Prefecture:

These are the towns in each district:

{{main|List of mergers in Hiroshima Prefecture}}

{{historical populations|13=1890|14=1,319,507|15=1903|16=1,508,713|17=1913|18=1,691,699|19=1920|20=1,541,905|21=1925|22=1,617,680|23=1930|24=1,692,136|25=1935|26=1,804,916|27=1940|28=1,869,504|29=1945|30=1,885,471|31=1950|32=2,081,967|33=1955|34=2,149,044|35=1960|36=2,184,043|37=1965|38=2,281,146|39=1970|40=2,436,135|41=1975|42=2,646,324|43=1980|44=2,739,161|45=1985|46=2,819,200|47=1990|48=2,849,847|49=1995|50=2,881,748|51=2000|52=2,878,915|53=2005|54=2,876,642|55=2010|56=2,860,750|57=2015|58=2,844,963|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.html Statistics Bureau of Japan]}}Hiroshima's main industries include automobiles (Mazda is headquartered there) and tourism in two World Heritage Sites: the A-Bomb dome and Itsukushima Shrine.

Components of the economy are primary industry, secondary industry, and tertiary industry, which compose 0.6%, 32.6%, and 66.2% in 2015. There is 0.6% of unclassified production.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/271596.pdf|title=平成27年度広島県民経済計算結果について|website=広島県}}

Value of production of manufacturing is 10,343 billion yen in 2016, which is the 10th largest in Japan. After 2012, production of manufacturing is continuously increasing in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/265004.pdf|title=平成 28 年経済センサス|website=広島県}}

• [https://www.eikei.ac.jp/english/ Eikei University of Hiroshima]
• Elisabeth University of Music
• Fukuyama City University
• Fukuyama Heisei University
• Fukuyama University
• Hijiyama University
• Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
• Hiroshima Bunkyo Women's University
• Hiroshima City University
• Hiroshima Institute of Technology
• Hiroshima Jogakuin University
• Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University
• Hiroshima Shudo University
• Hiroshima University of Economics
• Hiroshima University
• Japan Coast Guard Academy
• Onomichi City University
• Prefectural University of Hiroshima
• Yasuda Women's University

{{Pie chart

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|caption = Religious denominations in the Hiroshima Prefecture (1996)[http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/7770.html Religion in Japan by prefecture, 1996]. English language bar table.

|label1 = Pure Land Buddhism

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|label2 = Zen Buddhism

|value2 = 3.6

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|label3 = Tendai or Shingon Buddhism

|value3 = 4.4

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|label4 = Soka Gakkai

|value4 = 4.9

|color4 = Lime

|label5 = Nichiren Buddhism

|value5 = 3

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|label6 = Other Buddhist schools

|value6 = 1

|color6 = GreenYellow

|label7 = Christianity

|value7 = 2

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|label8 = Shinto sects

|value8 = 2

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|label9 = Folk Shinto or no religion

|value9 = 44.8

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Similar to the rest of Japan, most people in the Hiroshima Prefecture are Shinto or Buddhist. in 1996 51.2% of the population was Buddhist, 2% were affiliated with Shinto Sects, 44.8% practiced Folk Shinto, and 2% were Christian.

• JR West
• Fukuen Line
• Geibi Line
• Kabe Line
• Kure Line
• San'yō Main Line
• San'yō Shinkansen

• Ibara Railway

• Astram Line
• Skyrail Service

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• Hiroshima Electric Railway

• Chūgoku Expressway
• Hamada Expressway
• Hiroshima Expressway (urban expressway)
• Hiroshima Expressway (West Nippon Expressway Company)
• Shimanami Expressway
• Onomichi Expressway
• San'yō Expressway

• Route 2
• Route 31
• Route 54
• Route 182
• Route 183
• Route 185
• Route 186
• Route 191
• Route 261
• Route 313
• Route 314
• Route 317
• Route 375
• Route 432
• Route 433
• Route 434
• Route 486
• Route 487
• Route 488

• Fukuyama Port - International Container hub port
• Hiroshima Port - Ferry route to Miyajima, Edajima, Matsuyama, and Beppu, and also International Container hub port
• Kure Port - Ferry route to Edajima, Matsuyama
• Mihara Port
• Onomichi Port

• Hiroshima Airport

File:MAZDA Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima.jpg]]

File:エディオンピースウイング広島 フィールド.jpg, a home stadium of Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina]]

File:Hiroshima Sun Plaza 20240414.jpg, a home arena of Hiroshima Dragonflies]]

The sports teams listed below are based in Hiroshima.

American Football

• [https://www.h-hawks.com/ Hiroshima Hawks] (Hiroshima City)

• Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Hiroshima city)
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina (Hiroshima city){{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

• Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Hiroshima city)

• JT Thunders (Hiroshima city)

• Hiroshima Dragonflies
• Hiroshima Lightning (Defunct)

• Akitakada Handball Club (Akitakada){{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
• Hiroshima Maple Reds (Hiroshima city){{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

• Victoire Hiroshima

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• Fukuyama Castle
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial
• Hiroshima Castle
• Itsukushima Shrine
• Jōdo-ji Temple
• Kure Portopia Park
• Mitaki Temple
• Miyajima Public Aquarium
• Momijidani Park
• Mount Misen
• Onomichi City Museum of Art
• Senkō-ji Temple
• Shukkei-en

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File:厳島神社と大鳥居.JPG|Itsukushima Shrine and Torii Gate (Hatsukaichi)

File:Genbaku Dome04-r.JPG|Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Hiroshima City)

File:Kaisyaku-river.jpg|Taishaku Valley (Shobara)

File:Shokei no michi 5.JPG|Road of longing (Shokei no michi) in Takehara on October

File:Keep tower of Hiroshima Castle 20121122, 000.jpg|Hiroshima Castle

File:Tomonoura08bs3200.jpg|Tomonoura (Fukuyama)

• Onomichi Port Festival - held in April
• Hiroshima Flower Festival - held from May 3 to 5
• Fukuyama Rose Festival - held in May
• Enryuji Tokasan Festival - held in June
• Gion Festival of Onomichi - held in July
• Innoshima Water-naval Festival - held in August
• Miyajima Under-water Firework Festival - held on August 14{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
• Yassa Festival of Mihara - held in August
• Saijo Sake Festival - held in October
• Onomichi Becher Festival - held on November 3
• Hiroshima Ebisu Festival - held from November 18 to 20

• {{Flagicon|Hawaii}} Hawaii, United States of America{{cite web |title=Hawaii's Sister-States|publisher=State of Hawai'i|url=https://invest.hawaii.gov/international/sister-states/|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016200107/https://invest.hawaii.gov/international/sister-states/|archive-date=October 16, 2020}}
• {{flagdeco|China}} Sichuan Province, China{{cite web |title=県の外国との友好交流に関する問い合わせは|publisher=Hiroshima Prefecture|url=https://www.pref.hiroshima.lg.jp/soshiki/38/1176873554119.html|language=ja}}

{{Reflist}}

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]

{{Commons}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204025716/http://www.pref.hiroshima.jp/index-e.html Official Hiroshima Prefecture homepage]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20041010010332/http://www.hirohurl.net/hiroshima.html Life in Hiroshima and other Japan-related Articles]
• [https://archive.today/20060521002520/http://www.asinah.org/weather/RJOA.html Hiroshima Weather Forecast]
• National Archives of Japan [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327005258/http://jpimg.digital.archives.go.jp/jpg_prg/jgmWeb?%25TmpFileDisp%25Env=jpeg2k_images%2Fezu%2Ffukenchizu%2F025_hiroshima_e.env ... Hiroshima map (1891)]
• National Archives of Japan: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080309203119/http://jpimg.digital.archives.go.jp/kouseisai/category/emaki/itsukushima_e.html Itsukushima kakei, illustrated scroll describing Itsukushima, text by Kaibara Ekiken (circa 1720)]
• [https://www.hiroshima-navi.or.jp/en/ hiroshima-navi]

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