Apologies in advance for the slightly long addition here, I have fond memories of my time in the Hiroshima area! The rectangles in the water are oyster farms; the boats are collecting the days harvest. E.g., see the following; http://www.lib.noaa.gov/japan/aquaculture/exchange/ustrip2000.html The pictures really don’t do the Mijajima area justice in Google Earth! I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting the Hiroshima area. Just be prepared to be hounded by the local deer population that will literally steal food from the hands of unwary pass-by’s. Not to mention residents of the monkey colonies near the top of Mount Misen that [...]

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