HIROSHIMA

SOCIAL GROUPS

• The average someone makes per year is $655,571
• The lower average someone makes is $292,182
• In Hiroshima, the percentage of women is 51.35% and the percentage for men's is 29.2%

HISTORY

• On August 6, 1994, World War 2 (1939-1945), an American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first deployed atomic bomb into the Japanese city of Hiroshima
• The explosion wiped out 90% of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people.
• Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure.

RELIGION

• Less than 40% of the population of Japan identifies themselves with a religion. Shinto and Buddhism are Japan's two major religions. 35% is Buddhist and 3 to 4% Shintoist.
• Shinto is as old as the Japanese culture, while Buddhism was imported from the mainland in the 6th century
• Since the two religions have been existing, Most Japanese consider themselves Buddhist, Shintoist or both.
• 1% is Christian

ECONOMICS

• Hiroshima has long been a port city and goods are shipped through Hiroshima port and international airport.
• Industries include the production of steel, auto mobiles, rubber, chemicals, ships and transport machinery.
• Hiroshima's largest industry is a maufacture of cars and industrial equipment.
• For 30% of Hiroshima's Gross domestic product (GDP), Mazda produces many models in Hiroshima for worldwide export.

DAILY LIFE

• Hiroshima is just a typical city that went through a lot and has a variety of restaurants.
• The type of clothing that is worn in Hiroshima is a clothing called kimonos. Most kimonos are made of silk, although they also come in cotton, wool, and linen. Compared to Western dress, the kimono tends to limit one's movement, and it takes more time to wear and store properly. So most Japanese today wear kimonos only on special occasions like formal gatherings and traditional events.

GOVERNMENT

• Hiroshima is a prefecture of Japan located in the chugoku region on honshu island.
• The capital of the city is Hiroshima and it has a population at around 2.8 million.
• Hiroshima's government is monarchy.

ART

• In Hiroshima, there's a museum called Hiroshima's of art

LANGUAGES

• The language that is spoken is Hiroshima is Japanese.
• There is a language learning group called the Hiroshima area Japanese English exchange group.
• This group has been made for those who want to learn Japanese or English.

EXtRA FACTS

• Many Jehovah's Witnesses were jailed because Christianity was not liked in Hiroshima.
• In 1945, a man named Tsutomu survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, he dragged himself into an air-raid shelter, spent the night there, in the morning he caught a train so he could arrive at his job on time in Nagasaki, where he survived another atomic blast.
• Horton Hears a Who” was an allegory about Hiroshima and the America’s occupation of Japan and may have been Dr. Seuss’s way of apologizing for his support of Japanese internment.

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