Hiroshima and Miyajima is a part of Hiroshima Prefecture in the Chugoku-Shikoku region of Japan. It is home to Miyajima, an island in Hiroshima bay that is home to the World Heritage Site Itsukushima Shrine and its world-famous torii gate. The city of Hiroshima is a modern city facing the Seto Inland Sea and the Chugoku Mountains. It is home to the Peace Memorial Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome, a building which still bears the devastation of the atomic bomb dropped in 1945 near the end of World War II. From Tokyo, you can take the Shinkansen for about 4 hours, or fly from Haneda or Narita Airport to Hiroshima Airport, and then take the bus to the city. It also takes about 90 minutes from Osaka and Kyoto by Shinkansen, and less than an hour by Shinkansen from Hakata Station in Fukuoka.