Most visitors to Rabbit Island go to see the bunnies unaware of the island's dark past. But once there, travelers have a chance to also learn about the poison gas making history of the island- there is a museum and the storage facilities ruins have good information boards around the island.

Many people wonder why are the rabbits there and who takes care of them. It seems the fluffy creatures were put there to attract tourists to the island, but luckily that has not wiped out the dark history you can also learn if you can see beyond the fluff.

The multiple travel destination narratives on Rabbit island are not necessarily a bad thing- come for the cute bunnies and take in some of the dark history of the island as well. What do you think?

• Official rabbit island website: http://rabbit-island.info/en/
• Watch the interview with Fritz Schumann about his documentary film about the island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHZ8-KYPg1c&t=11s
• Fritz Schumann: http://www.fotografritz.de/

GetHiroshima information about rabbit island: https://gethiroshima.com/features/where-did-the-bunnies-on-japans-rabbit-island-come-from/

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