Ushita Sogo Koen Park
Ushita Sogo Koen [牛田総合公園] expansive hillside park behind the Higashi-ku Sports Center and Big Wave pool offers walking paths, grassy
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Ushita
Cafe Luster
The stylish smoke-free cafe serving excellent coffee and muffins, freshly made on the premises, is well worth stopping by if
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Michelin Star Noodles at Iraku-an
It’s appropriate that this sophisticated soba restaurant, given a star in the Hiroshima Michelin guide, would be the place for me
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At the base of Ushita-yama, there is an interesting Buddhist temple and pet cemetery. The temple is easy to see from
Read moreKaorudo Harunaga
Fans of traditional Japanese sweets will want to make their way over to this Ushita neighborhood shop (there is
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Tanaka Beikokuten
Ushita is a convenient and culturally rich suburb of Hiroshima, not far from the main JR station. Many of the back street shops have survived over the years and is a great place to explore.
Read morePIIC: Peak International Immersion Center
PIIC is a fantastic 2 floor facility run by bilingual educators with a vision of building a great venue for
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Hozuki Matsuri
On the 3rd weekend of July each year, a festival is held in celebration of the mysteriously beautiful “Hozuki” red
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Peace Pagoda
One of the first things people notice when they arrive in Hiroshima on the shinkansen is the bulbous silver stupa
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