Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Recreated at Castle Chrysanthemum Exhibition
Every autumn, the centerpiece of the annual chrysanthemum exhibition held within Hiroshima Castle’s Ni-no-maru is a large display depicting a
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Carp Boy gets 23 makeovers in local tourism campaign
Seeking to ride the Carp wave, Hiroshima towns and cities hope to lure visitors with 23 custom versions of the
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Obakepan Uncovered
Having seen the 7-11’s cute, little, chocolate-filled ghost-bread or 0bake-pan in Jade’s Halloween konbini post the other day, I couldn’t
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Starbucks targets souvenir market with new Hiroshima-themed product line up
Hiroshimima is one of 12 locations that feature in Starbucks’ Japan Geography Series of area-limited products, launched this week.
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Banks Show Carp Love in Battle of the Banners
After the Hiroshima Toyo Carp secured their first Central League pennant in 16 years, Hiroshima Bank celebrated the victory with
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Hullpong NPO
We got some fun & unique cat-themed goods from the Hullpong NPO ひゅーるぽん at a Senda-machi flea market earlier this
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His & Hers Carp Undies
If you can’t grab yourself a limited edition pair of Carp Chapionship Vans at Hiroshima PARCO, why not head down
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Interview with Uniqlo founder, Tadashi Yanai
Tadashi Yanai was born in Ube in neighboring Yamaguchi Prefecture. He opened the first Uniqlo discount clothing store in Hiroshima
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Oden sale at Family Mart
You may have noticed a distinctive aroma in your local convenience stores. Oden is back as the temperatures slowly start
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What’s next for the Hiroshima Carp
In clinching their first championship pennant in 25 long years, local heroes, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, threw the city into rapture,
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Mall-formed Life, Food & Culture coming to Nishi-ku
A new 55,000m2 shopping mall with around to 130 stores is to open in Nishi-ku next spring.
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Limited Carp x Hiroden Goods 2016
With the annual Hiroden streetcar festival the Senda-machi tram yard coming up, it’s time for this year’s “Carp collaboration goods”
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Enkobashi Bridge pre-war restoration completed
The results of the Enko-bashi Bridge restoration project will be unveiled on Monday, March 28.
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Hiroshima Carp ask gods for success
The Hiroshima Carp players, manager, owner and staff made their annual visit to Gokoku-jinja Shrine yesterday to ask the gods
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Graffitists hit Astram Line cars
Graffitists tagged Astram Line cars while they sat helpless in a yard in Asaminami-ku in the early hours of March
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Spring Mag Out Now
The Spring 2016 edition of the GetHiroshima Mag is out and about now. With this, our 9th issue, we embark
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Sanfrecce proposes new “Peace Stadium”
Three-time J-league champions, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, have jumped into the fray in the debate over a purpose-built, city center soccer stadium.
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Sanfrecce 2016 Uniform
This year’s Nike uniform is based on the “Super Natural Performance” design concept which supports athletic performance by basing design
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Hiroshima Prison Carp Goods Proving Popular
Although the Hiroshima Carp are Japan’s most cash-strapped pro baseball club, they do come up with some pretty interesting merchandise.
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New Year’s Trains and Ferries to Miyajima
Thousands of people visit Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima during the New Year holiday, and many don’t waste any time and
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Star Wars Xmas Tree
The big shopping mall in Fuchu, to the east of Hiroshima Station, always puts up a giant themed Xmas tree
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Kuniyoshi Utagawa Ukiyo-e Exhibition
Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre is just one of many, many beautiful, dramatic and entertaining prints on display
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Don’t Follow The Wind in Hiroshima
‘Don’t Follow the Wind’ is an exhibition inside the restricted radioactive zone surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. The ‘exhibition’
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Hiroden Cafe in Tokyu Hands
For a few weeks this autumn, Hands Cafe in the Tokyu Hands department store has been all about Hiroshima’s trams.
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A-bombed tram back on the rails this summer
One of only two of the seventy trams running on the morning of August 6, 1945 to survive the A-bombing
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Latest Trip Advisor Polls, Good and bad news
I’m not sure how much stock should be put into Trip Advisor’s Travelers’ Choice awards, but Hiroshima’s local media has
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A-bombed buildings likely to be lost in Hiroden redevelopment
Chugoku Shimbun reported May 12 that Hiroshima Dentetsu, the company more commonly known as Hiroden which runs the city’s streetcars
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Miyajima Park & Ride Golden Week 2015
At peak times, traffic into Miyajima-guchi to take the ferry can get really backed up both along Route 2 and
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US ambassador Caroline Kennedy’s Hiroshima Visit
US ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy was in Hiroshima yesterday on her third visit to the city, and her second
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