Hiroshima Castle

Hiroshima Castle

Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshima-jō?), sometimes called Carp Castle (鯉城, Rijō?) was a castle in Hiroshima, Japan which was the home of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han (fief). Originally constructed in the 1590s, the castle was destroyed in the atomic bombing in 1945. It was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original which now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history prior to World War II.