Kure, a grimy shipbuilding town down the coast from Hiroshima, was home to the Imperial Naval Academy (still an officer school).

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On the road from Amasra, 12km before Cide, a small winding road leads to Gideros Bay, where the Kure mountains part to reveal pristine turquoise blue waters, clear enough to see the sea bed from the shore.

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