Shukkei-en Garden Autumn Illuminations
Every year in late November, Shukkei-en Garden stays open late and lights up its cherry and maple trees as their
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Author: Paul Walsh
Kimono Experience and Japanese Cafe in Shukkei-en Garden
Enjoy the autumn foliage in city center garden Shukkei-en day and night, in kimono!
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Hachidori-sha Social Book Cafe
This hub for social activists and concerned citizens very close to Peace Memorial Park offers a warm welcome, food, drinks and regular opportunities to talk with A-bomb survivors in English.
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Cantina 23
Cantina 23’s menu packed with an all-star list of American comfort foods seems too good to be true, but Yuji’s many satisfied customers say otherwise.
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Post-disaster trail check: Peace Pagoda, Ushita-yama, Mitate-yama
After the recent unprecedented rainfall that resulted in flooding and landslides around Hiroshima city and the wider region it may
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Applications to ride Hiroshima’s A-bombed Tram now open
Hiroden’s restored tram that survived the A-bomb blast will make 16 journeys over 8 days summer.
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Summer Fireworks Festival Guide
The summer is long, hot and usually pretty sticky. Beat (or at least embrace) the heat in the way that
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Tanoshiri Station
This little former Kabe Line station has been stuck in time since it closed in December 2003, but is far from being abandoned.
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Mibu Hachiman Shrine
A lovely little shrine surrounded by lush greenery in Chiyoda in Kita-hiroshima.
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MEX.CANTINA
Fun little bar with an enticing exterior open from 10pm until until breakfast.
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An Evening of Kagura English Kagura Experience
An excellent opportunity to gain a deeper appreciation of Hiroshima’s most entertaining folk art.
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FISE Action Sports World Series
3 days of action sports in downtown Hiroshima.
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Hanami In Hiroshima
Although the last gasps of winter may make you think otherwise, come late March, spring is just around the corner,
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Downtown Hiroshima in 1927
The Chugoku Shinbun has shared this recently rediscovered 1927 postcard showing Hiroshima’s busy Kamiya-cho intersection.
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Zoom Zoom Stadium “Objet Deck”
What’s better than watching the Carp on home turf at Mazda Zoom Zoom Stadium? How about watching the Carp surrounded
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Setsubun: demons, beans, fish heads, sushi and screaming children
Although temperatures in early February may make it hard to believe, Setsubun marks the coming of spring. On February 3,
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Cosmic trifecta (hopefully) viewable over Japan skies tonight
Tonight’s full moon is the second this month and skywatchers can not only look forward to a ‘supermoon’ but also
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Organza 10th Anniversary Month
10 years is a good chunk of time to be doing anything, but it takes a particular tenacity to keep
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2018 Cherry Blossom Forecast
Weather News has released its first of its periodic estimates about when different parts of Japan can expect the cherry
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Hina-no-ryotei Jigozen
Treat yourself to a real taste of Japan at this beautiful sprawling kaiseki restaurant of traditional Japanese design on the
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Café Citron
Cozy 2nd floor cafe on the corner of Peace Boulevard and Jizo-dori serving light food, pretty good espresso drinks and
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Nanakusa-no-sekku
Nanakusa-no-sekku [七草の節句] or the “the feast of seven herbs” is a day on which people in Japan customarily eat a
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The station in the sky, Uzui Station
Uzui-eki “the station in the sky” stands 30m above a picturesque mountain valley floor in the town of Ohnan in
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Ebisu Taisai Festival
Just before winter takes hold, Hiroshima’s city center is taken over by one more colorful festival, all about good fortune,
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Giant cardboard steam train in Hiroshima Station
A 1.5 ton 20m long cardbaord steam engine is on display in the concourse on the north side of Hiroshima
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Anraku-ji Temple A-bombed Gingko
The ginkgo tree that grows through the roof of the temple gate of at Anraku-ji in Ushita is around 300
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Winter Illuminations in Hiroshima
Large scale illuminations have become a new winter tradition in Japan. Held all over the country, they certainly brighten up
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Kissa Torimichi
On a drive out to the countryside around Ohnan, just across the border in Shimane, or to fill up before
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