Toorigosairei Parade

On October 10, around 70,000 people crowded along the narrow road between Hiroshima’s Toshogu and Nigitsu shrines to watch the

Grand parade resurrected after 200 year hiatus

A grand parade to commemorate the death of one of the 3 great unifiers of Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu, once held

For a few weeks this autumn, Hands Cafe in the Tokyu Hands department store has been all about Hiroshima’s trams.

Arcadia Village is a good option for a reasonably-priced local overnight getaway or an hot spring day trip in the

Ushita-yama, unsurprisingly, looks over the neighborhood of Ushita in Higashi-ku. The summit is only 261m, but offers nice views over

This is Part 2 of a 3 part series of posts describing the 7km trail between Peace Pagoda and Big

This is the final post in a 3 part series describing the 7km trail between Peace Pagoda and Big Wave

Former cinema in Shintenchi has had a makeover and turned into one of Hiroshima’s most stylish nightspots.

Greetings to you readers of the English language. It’s Goto Izumi, lover of the strange over the pretty. Exhausted Hiroshima’s

Miyajima gets all the attention and Mt Misen all the crowds. However, not far from the ferry port to the