The Unko Museum Is Coming to Hiroshima!
Have a crappy summer at Japan’s Unko Museum! The traveling exhibition all about poop is coming to Marina Hop in Hiroshima.
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Exhibitions
Ghibli Magic at the Prefectural Art Museum
Christmas in the middle the hot Japanese summer, courtesy of Studio Ghibli.
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Sakagura Art Festival in Saijo
With some advance knowledge, this week’s Sakagura Art Festival can enhance a visit to “sake town” Saijo.
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Magical Art Museum: Wonderland of Light
If you are looking for a fun trip out of the city that the kids will love over the winter
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Miyajima ‘Koji-meguri’ Temple x Art Walk
While Miyajima is best known for Itsukushima Shrine, the temples of Daigan-ji which is next to the shrine and sprawling
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Setouchi Triennale 2016
The Setouchi Triennale has become one of Japan’s major art festivals and the first installment of the 2016 event takes
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Bihoku Hillside Park Winter Illuminations
With a total of around 700,000 colorful LEDs lighting up the natural setting of the expansive Bihoku Hillside Park in
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Hokusai and Riviere: Thirty-six Views Compared and the Hokusai Manga
If the hugely popular Kuniyoshi Utagawa exhibition recently held at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum whet your appetite for ukiyo-e
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Living Large In Limbo: Hiroshima’s Shrouds
“It’s as if the clothes say, ‘See the radiation in my body,’” Michel Aguilera describes the subjects of his most
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Art Aquarium, Prayer of Kingyo
The Art Aquarium has been a huge summer hit in Tokyo over the past few years, attracting a total audience
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“The Principles of Art” by Akasegawa Genpei
By the time of his death last year at the age of 77, Akasegawa Genpei was both an iconic figure
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Hiroshima Lies – Kikujiro Fukushima Photo Exhibition
Born in 1921, Kikujiro Fukushima came of age during the height of Japan’s imperial expansion, and as a young man
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4th Yokogawa Art Charity Festival
For the 4th time the Yokogawa-Art-Charity-Festival will be held on April 27th at Seed-Art-Laboratory, close to Yokogawa Station. This Art-Festival
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Hiroshima Art Project 311 by MireyHIROKI
MireyHIROKI is a collaborative effort of two Japanese visual artists known for their distinctive and childlike use of crayons in
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“Hiroshima!!!!!” The return of art guerrillas Chim↑Pom
In 2008 Tokyo artist collective Chim↑Pom were pretty much run out of town when, in preparation for a solo exhibition
Read moreFrancis Alÿs Exhibition
The Francis Alÿs exhibition, on until the end of January at Hiroshima MOCA, reminds me of that children’s game “Would
Read moreThe Art of Gaman
During World War II, loved ones or patriotic associations would ask women to add stitches to cloth strips or senninbari
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Hiroden Streetcar Festival
Every year, for one Sunday in early June, the Hiroshima Electric Railway Co, Ltd., or Hiroden as it is locally
Read moreYokogawa International Art Charity Festival
For the 3rd time the Yokogawa Art Charity Festival will be held on April 28th at Seed Art Laboratory, close
Read moreYoshino Mashiko-yaki Pottery Exhibition
Yoshino Shun spent 8 years, after leaving school, studying pottery techniques in Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture. Mashiko, which began producing mostly
Read moreSharpen your wit! Shigeo Fukuda Super-Retrospective
Visual prankster Shigeo Fukuda’s designs have a simplicity and playfulness that make this exhibition at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
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Under the Ground
Yuya Kihara was born and raised in Hiroshima. He has a degree in fashion design, but after graduating became more
Read moreSamurai Armor Exhibition
If you are into Japanese history and the samurai, you might like to go and check out the samurai armor
Read moreCharlotte Perriand et le Japon
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is currently showing a large exhibition on the relationship between French designer and
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Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
I have been putting details of the annual traditional Japanese art crafts exhibition on GetHiroshima for years, but, to be
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Look Here!
Tokyo firm Elephant Design has a keen appreciation of the value of the point of view of the consumer. Their
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