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Re:The Fallout – The medical aftermath of Hiroshima by jpatokal on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:52AM (#11609263)
Because it's a good 800 km from Tokyo, and 4 hours one-way even by bullet train. And because, A-bomb sites and Miyajima aside, there's not all that much of interest in the city of nearby.

On the other side of the coin, I also find it a bit odd to describe Hiroshima as a cliché. Quite the opposite, it's near-unique: Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only cities ever attacked with nuclear bombs, and you can't get the experience of visiting them anywhere else.

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Re:The Fallout – The medical aftermath of Hiroshima by reustle on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:54AM (#11609419)
Yeah 4 hours by bullet train, and $185 each way. Plenty of people haven't been there.
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Re:The Fallout – The medical aftermath of Hiroshima by dietrichepp on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:04AM (#11609866)
Tourists would at most spend $267 for the seven-day JR pass.
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Re:The Fallout – The medical aftermath of Hiroshima by duhast on Monday May 02, 2016 @05:27AM (#11610157)
Just as a reminder for people interested in buying JR pass: 1) not all trains all included (fastest Shinkansen Nozomi is not for example) 2) can't be bought in Japan 3) valid for 7/14/21 days from the first use

More info here: http://www.japanrailpass.net/en/about_jrp.html

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