Miyajima off limits to visitors during G7 Summit
The island of Miyajima, home to the Itsukushima UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be closed to visitors during the G7
Read moreThe island of Miyajima, home to the Itsukushima UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be closed to visitors during the G7
Read moreHiroshima’s old city center baseball stadium site is reborn as Hiroshima Gate Park after a 12 year wait.
Read moreA poignant call for unity will be at the center of a day of friendly exchange and fun on Hiroshima
Read moreRestoration work on Itsukushima Shrine’s floating shrine gate on Miyajima that began in June 2019 was officially completed today, December
Read moreThe Hiroshima Flower Festival is to return in 2023, but will be cut down from the usual 3 days and held a month later.
Read more29-year-old professional powerboat racer Tatsuya Nakata died as the result of an accident in race at the Miyajima Boat Race stadium on November 6.
Read moreWe are sorry to announced that, after almost 20 years, we have closed GetHiroshima’s free classifieds service.
Read moreFrom October 1, most visitors will be paying more for their ferry rides to Miyajima as a new tourist tax comes into effect.
Read moreLocal media have been reporting the discovery of thousands of dead fish on the the Nakaumi lagoon on the Japan Sea coast of Shimane Prefecture.
Read moreA small town in Yamaguchi is under attack from wild monkeys. 8 people have been attacked in the area in the space of less than a week.
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