Triple Cafe
Triple is a great place to pop into for a light meal. Set in a cute, wooden, rustic building- climb
Read moreTriple is a great place to pop into for a light meal. Set in a cute, wooden, rustic building- climb
Read moreYou may have visited Hiroshima’s Toshogu Shrine, located about ten minutes’ walk from the North Exit (Shinkansen side) of Hiroshima
Read moreLocal favorite Youki has been serving chuka-soba A.K.A. ramen for 62 years and this little shop in Eba is where it all started.
Read moreJust how did the tiny island of Okunoshima become bunny paradise?
Read more150 people dressed in period costume parade through Hiroshima city center to commemorate the arrival of the dynasty that ruled Hiroshima for almost 250 years.
Read moreEnjoy drinks on the terrace with an unrivaled view of Hiroshima until October 31.
Read moreKagura Koshien brings together high school traditional dance troupes from around the country for two days of friendly competition at
Read moreHere is a round up of the main commemorative events held in Hiroshima during this week of remembrance, contemplation (and,
Read moreMiyajima Island is famous for its floating tori gate and Itsukushima shrine, and products like the typical maple leaf momiji-manju
Read moreWritten and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, In This Corner of the World [Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni この世界の片隅に], is beautifully
Read moreOur guide to as many of the fireworks festivals in the region as we could find!
Read more7 minutes of 85-year-old film footage provides fascinating glimpses of Hiroshima before the A-bombing.
Read moreAfter the Tokasan Yukata festival, I enjoyed Kagura storytelling at its best performed by the Uegouchi Kagura Troupe on June
Read moreThe Mibu-no-hanadaue ritual rice planting festival in Chiyoda, Kita-hiroshima, is the largest and most spectacular of many similar festivals held
Read moreA 2 hours drive away from Hiroshima is the island of Shamijima, just across the impressive Seto Ohashi bridge that
Read moreDear readers, the new era is here, and I have decided that Reiwa is the era to treat yourself.
Read moreGo-shuin [御朱印], shrine and temple stamps, make for wonderful souvenirs of your time in Japan and are an excellent antidote to ‘temple fatigue’.
Read moreThe main building of Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum has reopened after 2 years of renovations and revising its exhibits.
Read moreOn April 20 and 21, the very first of what I hope will be an annual springtime event, Hiroshima Coffee
Read moreThis year we have had some fantastically clear Spring days in Hiroshima which has been a great chance to get
Read morePokemon and the Hiroshima Carp baseball organization join forces for the third time with a new limited line up of merchandise.
Read moreLet’s get one thing straight: I’ve seen quite a lot of kagura. But for some reason, I had never seen
Read moreRichard Forrest witnessed history being made on March 17th at the 7th Hiroshima Minato (Port) Festival, when the world’s longest Baumkuchen cake was born.
Read moreAlthough the last gasps of winter may make you think otherwise, come late March, spring is just around the corner,
Read moreOn an autumn evening every October, people flock to Onomichi to wander its picturesque streets decorated with thousands of candles.
Read moreThe captivating exhibition, titled gazetteer, is the first retrospective of Taiji Matsue’s photographic prints. The exhibition encompasses his early work,
Read moreIf your kids love to sing and dance, and generally run around like crazy, then this event may be just
Read moreRachel Nicholson writes about her part in helping non-Japanese speakers gain a deeper appreciation of Hiroshima kagura.
Read moreAny new learner of Japanese kanji will be happy to read the simple characters of ‘Joge 上下’ (up & down)
Read moreAfter a month-long hiatus, An Evening of Kagura is back and better than ever in a new home.
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