Although many things to do in Hiroshima revolve around the devasting boming during WWII history, this is a city on the rise.

OTAKE, Hiroshima Prefecture--Designed by renowned architect Shigeru Ban and facing the Seto Inland Sea, the Simose Art Museum here has been named the “world’s most beautiful museum” by UNESCO.

One survivor visiting Boston in 1985 for Hiroshima’s 40th anniversary reduced a group of reporters to tears. The man remembered that Aug. 6 began as a beautiful, clear summer day in Hiroshima.