snapping turtle discovered in ondo in kure city

Large snapping turtle causes a stir in Kure

May 30, 2021June 16, 2021 Paul Walsh 1707 Views Kure

The discovery of a large snapping turtle at a bus stop caused a stir in the sleepy town of Ondo in Kure last week.

New coronavirus cases in Hiroshima, Kure and Tottori April 18

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020 GetHiroshima 2614 Views Coronavirus, Covid-19

New cases in Hiroshima City, Kure and Tottori bring the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the Chugoku Region to 196, with 130 of them in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Dining Izakaya Japanese

Kakure Daidokoro Kiseki

October 13, 2017October 17, 2017 GetHiroshima 5643 Views "Teishoku" set-meals, English menu, Fujimi-cho, Lunch, Non-smoking at lunch

One man izakaya just south of Peace Boulevard, popular at lunch and serving drinks and tasty Japanese munchables at night.

Features Goto Izumi's Deep Hiroshima

Goto Izumi’s Deep Hiroshima: Kure

September 11, 2015March 31, 2018 Goto Izumi 8127 Views Kure, 日本語

Greetings to you readers of the English language. It’s Goto Izumi, lover of the strange over the pretty. Exhausted Hiroshima’s

Kure Port Festival

Every year on April 29 some of the neighboring city of Kure’s main streets (centered on Kuramoro-dori St) are closed for parades, stages and, of course, lots of food and drink stalls Kure Minato Matsuri or Kure Port Festival.

Kure Fireworks Festival

An hour long fireworks display in which 4000 fireworks explode above the water and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force ships docked in the port of Kure decorated with lights.