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Author: Matt Mangham

Arts & Entertainment Features Performing Arts 

An Evening of Kagura with the web-shooting ‘Earth Spider’

July 25, 2018October 12, 2018 Matt Mangham 2799 Views 1 Comment kagura, Matt Mangham

Long-time kagura fan Matt Mangham finally gets to know just what is going on stage.

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Earth Hiroshima - Orizuru peace crane accessories
Features Good Stuff 

EARTH Hiroshima

July 20, 2017November 21, 2017 Matt Mangham 3947 Views 0 Comment EARTH Hiroshima, orizuru

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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Features Matt's Moment 

A Funeral

March 1, 2017November 15, 2017 Matt Mangham 5001 Views 2 Comments Matt Mangham, Matt's Moment

Last week my wife’s sister died. After a long and unevenly matched battle, her death was at once unsurprising and

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Mac and Yuri at original Mac Bar
Features People 

In Memoriam: Mac

December 1, 2016August 18, 2019 Matt Mangham 5178 Views 0 Comment MAC Bar, Matt Mangham

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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Matt's Moment - Hagoromo-cho
Features Matt's Moment 

Hagoromo-cho

September 1, 2016July 17, 2017 Matt Mangham 4752 Views 0 Comment Matt Mangham, Matt's Moment

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 Matt's Moment GetHirohsima
Features Matt's Moment 

Calling Ariane

June 1, 2016November 15, 2017 Matt Mangham 3797 Views 0 Comment Matt Mangham, Matt's Moment

My wife collects strays. A small Parisian dancer standing at the side of a coastal road, with a sign saying

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Features Matt's Moment 

A Short Season in a Hiroshima (that Never Was)

March 1, 2016June 14, 2016 Matt Mangham 4368 Views 0 Comment Matt's Moment

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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Features Matt's Moment 

The out-of-towners

December 1, 2015November 15, 2017 Matt Mangham 2472 Views 0 Comment Matt Mangham, Matt's Moment

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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Features Matt's Moment 

A Season of Memory

September 1, 2015June 14, 2016 Matt Mangham 3114 Views 0 Comment Autumn, Matt's Moment

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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Photo by Paul Walsh at Tokaichi Apartment
Features People 

A conversation with Arthur Binard

June 4, 2015June 9, 2016 Matt Mangham 5667 Views 1 Comment Arthur Binard, Matt Mangham, peace, poetry

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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Features Matt's Moment 

Bird’s Eye

June 1, 2015June 14, 2016 Matt Mangham 4087 Views 0 Comment Matt's Moment

Years ago, visiting Miyajima, my brother and I leaned against the heavy pillars of the Thousand Mat Hall…

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Features Matt's Moment 

Well, that’s over. For now.

March 1, 2015June 14, 2016 Matt Mangham 2854 Views 0 Comment Matt's Moment

A pleasant new development: our 12-year-old daughter is suddenly around a lot more.

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Features Matt's Moment 

Something in the Air

December 1, 2014June 14, 2016 Matt Mangham 2888 Views 0 Comment Matt's Moment, Winter

The question “Do you like Japan?” is one you’ll hear often…

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Features Matt's Moment 

Summer’s End

September 1, 2014June 14, 2016 Matt Mangham 3512 Views 0 Comment Autumn, Matt's Moment

I made the mistake of moving to Hiroshima after three years in northern New England…

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Features Matt's Moment 

Elusive Obon

August 1, 2014July 17, 2017 Matt Mangham 4543 Views 0 Comment Matt Mangham, Matt's Moment, Obon, Summer

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

March 1, 2014June 14, 2016 Matt Mangham 5489 Views 5 Comments Matt's Moment

Well then, here you are. But where is that?

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Upcoming Events

Mon 01

The 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Art & Crafts Exhibition

February 17 - March 7
Mon 01

Orchid Festival

February 20 - February 28
Sat 06

Hiroshima Carp vs Yakult Swallows Preseason Game

March 6 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fri 12

Hiroshima Carp vs Nippon Ham Fighters Preseason Game

March 12 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sat 13

The Club Rocks

March 13 @ 9:00 pm - 5:00 am
Sun 14

Ultra Haze

March 14 @ 9:00 pm - 3:00 am
Sun 21

Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Softbank Hawks Preseason Game

March 21 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sun 28

[CANCELED] Kiyomori Festival

March 28 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
May 05

[Canceled] MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day

May 5 @ 7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Dec 31

New Year at Gokoku Shrine

December 31, 2021 - January 3, 2022

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Joy and Paul Walsh started GetHiroshima in 1999 with the aim of creating an online English language resource to help people enjoy their time in this amazing city to the full. The mission remains the same and, whether you are here for a day or a decade, we hope that GetHiroshima helps you dig that little bit deeper, and get you a little bit closer to the heart of Hiroshima.

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