August 6, 2017 Hiroshima Day
72 years ago today, US forces dropped a nuclear bomb on the people living, working and studying in Hiroshima. The
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Photos & Video
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park clean up
GetHiroshima joined up with EARTH Hiroshima at the clean up event, held every year in the run up to the
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Rare film footage of Hiroshima before the A-bomb
3 minutes of film footage of Hiroshima in the spring on 1935 released by the Peace Memorial Museum.
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Ume at Shukkei-en Garden 2017
Harbingers of spring, the ume plum blossoms in Shukkei-en Garden ume grove are nearing full bloom.
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Sakura cherry blossoms at Ushita Sogo Koen Park
Ushita Sogo Koen Park has many large, beautiful cherry tress are laden with gorgeous blossoms during sakura season and is
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Autumn leaves at Gokuraku-ji
Autumn is one of the best times of year to visit Gokuraku-ji Temple in Hatsukaichi. [日本語]
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Hiroshima Carp Victory Parade
Today, Hiroshima Carp fans had the chance to fete their heroes at a victory parade for the first time in
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Early autumn at Taishaku-kyo
Taishakyu-kyo Gorge near Shobara in the northeast of the prefecture is a very popular spot for enjoying the autumn colors
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Autumn Leaves at Mitaki Temple
Mitaki Temple is worth visiting at any time of the year, but it is particularly beautiful in the autumn.
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After The Fireworks
Killing time with summer yukata and garigari-kun in the side-streets of Yokogawa.
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Flower Festival Yosakoi Dance Parade 2016
We had beautiful weather for the final day of the Flower Festival this year. Here are some of my favorite
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Sakura on a rainy day at Kintai Bridge
It happens every year. You spend weeks looking forward to spreading out under cherry trees laden with sakura blossoms, stunning
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Grand Inoko Matsuri
A community-organized festival, the Grand Inoko Matsuri is a modern interpretation of a medieval rite to safeguard health and prosperity,
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Sandan-kyo Gorge in Autumn
Beautiful Sandan-kyo Gorge, in the north of Hiroshima prefecture in the town of Aki-ota, is one of the earliest places
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Fallen blossoms like snow
Nature saw fit to match the eagerly anticipated peak of this year’s cherry blossom blooms with some spectacular storms and
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Yozakura illuminated cherry blossoms at Shukkei-en
Every spring Shukkei-en Garden opens late and lights up the beautiful blossoms on its many varieties of cherry trees. It
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Cycling around Etajima in late February
In hope of some early spring sunshine, I headed down to Ujina port on a Wednesday morning in late February
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Hiroshima Import Automobile Show
Every year, for two days near the end of January, the “Green Arena” prefectural sports hall is filled with Jaguars,
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Autumn leaves at Yoshimizu-en 2014
A compilation of lovely photos of the Autumn leaves at Yoshimizu-en garden in Kake at the weekend. This beautiful garden
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Hiroshimagrams November 2014
A collection of the Instagrams showing striking, and sometimes surprising, views of our city and the surrounding region that have
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Video and interviews from Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Interviews with some of the many talented filmmakers who attended the 30th anniversary of the Hiroshima International Film Festival, plus
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Volunteering in the Hiroshima landslide zone
As of 9/1/2014, 72 people have lost their lives and over 800 have lost their homes in the northern suburbs
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Biking Hiroshima Prefecture Video
Cycling Tips have put together a beautiful short video of a bike trip they took around Hiroshima last month. It
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Enthusiastic video report from the 2014 Flower Festival
We found this great video guide of this year’s Flower Festival by a super-cute and bubbly international university student in
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Your Best Shot Spring 2014
Back in the winter we gave GetHiroshima readers a tall order. We asked people to submit a photo that would make people
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Kiyomori Matsuri Festival
Every year in March, a Heian costume parade is held on Miyajima to give thanks to Taira no Kiyomori who
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Fuwa Fuwa Kids Inflatables Festival
A bit pricey, but three days of giant bouncy castle fun is a life saver for frazzled parents trying to
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Autumn leaves in Hiroshima, Instagramed
With the autumn colors at their peak in the north of the prefecture in places like the Sandankyo and Taishakukyo
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Hiroshima Castle Chrysanthemum Exhibition
People love their flowers in Japan, and none more so than the chrysanthemum, or kiku [菊]. It is the symbol
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