Hiroshima Bay (広島湾, Hiroshima-wan) is a bay in the Inland Sea, Japan.[1] Administratively, the bay is divided between Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The bay's shore is a Ria. Its surface area is about 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi), with a mean depth of 25 metres (82 ft).
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hiroshima Wan" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 320, p. 320, at Google Books.
HiroshimaBay (広島湾, Hiroshima-wan) is a bay in the Inland Sea, Japan. Administratively, the bay is divided between Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures...
Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, /ˌhɪroʊˈʃiːmə/, also UK: /hɪˈrɒʃɪmə/, US: /hɪˈroʊʃɪmə/, [çiɾoɕima] ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As...
Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県, Hiroshima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Hiroshima Prefecture has a population of 2...
United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people,...
Island, or Etajima-Nōmijima (江田島・能美島) is an island in HiroshimaBay located in southwestern Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The mess with island name originates...
of the type of atomic bomb used in the bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II, making it the first nuclear weapon...
western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of HiroshimaBay. It is popularly known as Miyajima (宮島), which in Japanese means "Shrine...
warfare. The bomb, code-named "Little Boy", was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and destroyed about three-quarters of the city. Enola Gay participated...
at Midway Island. After participating in war games Yamato departed HiroshimaBay on 27 May for duty with Yamamoto's main battleship group. U.S. codebreakers...
Sea (HiroshimaBay). While the coastal areas are becoming more urbanized, the inland rural areas are undergoing marked depopulation. Hiroshima Prefecture...
encompassed Hashirajima Anchoring Area located at the south end of HiroshimaBay, 30-40 kilometers southwest of Kure. When not in need of repairs ships...
Hashira Island (柱島, Hashira-jima) is an island in southern HiroshimaBay in the Inland Sea, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located 26 kilometres (16 mi)...
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (広島東洋カープ, Hiroshima Tōyō Kāpu) is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of...
shaved his head, painted his face black, and threw his bass guitar into HiroshimaBay. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in late 1982 after the tour...
the first submarine built in Japan. It sank during a training dive in HiroshimaBay on 15 April 1910. Although the water was only 58 feet (18 m) deep, there...
Sailing was contested at the 1994 Asian Games in Kannon Marina, HiroshimaBay, Hiroshima, Japan from October 4 to October 11. A total of 56 athletes from...
the 30th to January 3rd. Meeting Shōkaku on the 5th, they departed HiroshimaBay on the 8th, arriving at Truk on the 14th. In aid of the Japanese conquest...
of the war around Japan, mostly at the anchorage at Hashirajima in HiroshimaBay. When the war started for Japan on 8 December, the division, reinforced...
behind the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. In November 1992, Taiyo changed its name to the Maruha Corporation and renamed the team as the Yokohama BayStars (横浜ベイスターズ...
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