Editing Hiroshima Prefecture (section)

== History ==
{{See also|Historic Sites of Hiroshima Prefecture}}
The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into [[Bingo Province]] and [[Aki Province]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Province and prefecture" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780}}.</ref> 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 Prefecture|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 [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial|Atomic Dome]] in Hiroshima, one of the few remnants of prewar Hiroshima following the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombing]] in 1945;
* The [[Itsukushima Shrine]] in [[Itsukushima|Miyajima]], famed for filling with water and appearing to "float" during high tide.