Originally Posted by
abmj-jr
Tokyo to Hiroshima? Not even close. Try 5 to 5-1/2 hours each way, not counting the 20-30 minutes each way to/from Icky. 11 or 12 hours sitting on trains in return for an hour or so "looking around" sounds like torture to me. If you build in an overnight at a cheap business hotel, you could actually see the Peace Park and some other sights and sample the local cuisine specialties.
Completely agree. I never set foot in the Louvre my last trip to Paris which raised a few eyebrows with family & friends. I said I could run through it just to say I was there as I had a museum pass but what's the point and what would you really get out of it? No, I'd slow down and savour your Japan experience and not try and take everything in a big gulp.