EARTH Hiroshima
If you’re dropping by any of Hiroshima’s tourist gift shops in the coming months, you’ll likely stumble across some of
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Author: Matt Mangham
In Memoriam: Mac
This past August, Hiroshima lost a singular and much-loved native son. Masanori Kono, or Mac, was the owner of the
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Hagoromo-cho
Sitting with a group of travelers not long ago, I was asked with regard to Japan, “What’s the deal with
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Calling Ariane
My wife collects strays. A small Parisian dancer standing at the side of a coastal road, with a sign saying
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A Short Season in a Hiroshima (that Never Was)
It’s springtime, and you’ve set your heart on Hiroshima, Queen of the Lemon Isles. Good for you! Let’s take a few moments to ensure you make the most of your time here.
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The out-of-towners
We just sent my parents home after three weeks in Hiroshima. They kept busy. Picnics in the mountains, a two-day
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A Season of Memory
Autumn takes such abuse as a moth-eaten metaphor for decline. “Knows’t thou not at the fall of the leaf” and so on. Here in Japan, the poets have done no better.
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A conversation with Arthur Binard
Arthur Binard has won awards for his Japanese poetry and has translated some of the world’s most beloved children’s books
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Bird’s Eye
Years ago, visiting Miyajima, my brother and I leaned against the heavy pillars of the Thousand Mat Hall…
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Well, that’s over. For now.
A pleasant new development: our 12-year-old daughter is suddenly around a lot more.
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Something in the Air
The question “Do you like Japan?” is one you’ll hear often…
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Summer’s End
I made the mistake of moving to Hiroshima after three years in northern New England…
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Elusive Obon
Obon can be elusive for the average visitor to Japan, the sort of thing you’re aware of but…
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Recovering Hiroshima
Well then, here you are. But where is that?
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