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Outdoor

Featured Features Outdoor 

Hanami In Hiroshima

March 16, 2019March 18, 2021 Paul Walsh 15691 Views 5 Comments Cherry Blossom, hanami, Sakura, spring

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s hanami season will be quieter one than in usual years, but, if

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Features Outdoor Travel 

Magical Miyajima in Autumn

November 14, 2016December 21, 2017 jjwalsh 5558 Views 0 Comment Autumn, Autumn colors, Day trip, good views, Hiking, Miyajima

November in Hiroshima usually offers beautiful clear, often warm days to enjoy the autumn colors outdoors. There is no better

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Features Outdoor 

Hiking Sandan-kyo Gorge

October 28, 2015October 25, 2017 Paul Walsh 13185 Views 4 Comments Akiota, Hiking

Sandan-kyo is a beautiful hiking spot where you can leave your worries behind and recharge your batteries.

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Features Outdoor 

Ushita Alps Part 1

September 18, 2015June 16, 2016 Paul Walsh 5021 Views 0 Comment Hiking, Ushita-yama

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

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Features Outdoor 

Ushita Alps Part 2

September 18, 2015November 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 3342 Views 0 Comment Hiking, Ushita-yama

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

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View over Hiroshima city from Mitate-yama
Features Outdoor 

Ushita Alps Part 3

September 18, 2015November 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 3896 Views 1 Comment Hiking

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

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Gokurakuji-yama hike hiroshima japan
Features Outdoor 

Gokurakuji-yama Hike

September 10, 2015May 9, 2017 Paul Walsh 7020 Views 2 Comments Hatsukaichi, Hiking

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

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Features Outdoor 

Cycling on Etajima Island

March 3, 2015March 19, 2016 Paul Walsh 12912 Views 6 Comments cycling, Etajima

Bicycle-friendly infrastructure, accessibility by ferry and a mix of flat coastal roads and challenging climbs through a mountainous interior make

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Features Outdoor Photos & Video 

Cycling around Etajima in late February

March 3, 2015March 31, 2017 Paul Walsh 4449 Views 0 Comment cycling, Etajima

In hope of some early spring sunshine, I headed down to Ujina port on a Wednesday morning in late February

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Features How-Tos Lifestyle Outdoor Volunteering 

#DirtyBootsChallenge

September 5, 2014November 12, 2014 jjwalsh 3307 Views 0 Comment #dirtybootschallenge, #dirtybootsdancechallenge, international community, volunteer

The #DirtyBootsChallenge was created in Hiroshima 9/2014- inspired by the thousands of people in the city who have been volunteering

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View of a small uninhabited island in the seto inland sea seen from the summit of Mt. Misen on Miyajima in Hiroshima, Japan
GH Jnr Miyajima Outdoor 

Up and Down Miyajima: Climbing Mt. Misen

August 20, 2014September 8, 2017 Jonah Dollery 17972 Views 0 Comment Hiking, Miyajima

I spent some time recently perched, cross-legged on one of mount Misen’s ancient rocks, listening to the wind and the

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Features Outdoor 

Mountain & Beach OSJ Grand Prix + Self Discovery Adventure

July 1, 2014January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2980 Views 1 Comment

Sometimes, you come across sports events that look like they’d be pretty fun, but they are just too far away

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Features Outdoor Photos & Video 

Biking Hiroshima Prefecture Video

June 13, 2014April 13, 2017 Paul Walsh 3846 Views 0 Comment cycling

Cycling Tips have put together a beautiful short video of a bike trip they took around Hiroshima last month. It

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Features Outdoor 

Gorge-ous Sandankyo

June 9, 2014November 3, 2016 Kiana Froese 7334 Views 2 Comments Day trip, Hiking

Recently, I visited the Sandankyo Gorge at the recommendation of locals. I arrived at this beautiful place just an hour

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Features Outdoor 

Hiroshima’s Top 10 Hanami Spots

April 24, 2014March 23, 2020 Paul Walsh 4356 Views 2 Comments Cherry Blossom

Here are the Hiroshima region’s top 10 hanami spots as voted by GetHiroshima readers. Thanks to everyone who took time

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Features Outdoor 

Vote for your favorite local hanami spot

April 9, 2014January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2817 Views 0 Comment Cherry Blossom

So, the weather has warmed up, but the cherry blossom is mostly gone in central Hiroshima – oh, cruel, cruel

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Features Outdoor 

Sun halo observed in Hiroshima

April 8, 2014January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 2283 Views 0 Comment

Chugoku Shinbun reports that a halo was observed around the sun over Hiroshima yesterday. The halo effect, called higasa [日暈] or

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Features Outdoor 

Sea to Summit Etajima

February 28, 2014January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 300 Views 0 Comment

Sea to Summit events are triathlons with a difference. As the name suggests, they start at sea level and finish

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Features Outdoor 

Miyajima Eco Tour

November 9, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 3397 Views 1 Comment Miyajima

You’ve done the Ōtorii, Itsukushima-jinja, the temples and pagodas, and you may have been to the top of Mt. Misen.

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Features Outdoor 

Mitate-yama Hike

October 3, 2012June 16, 2016 Paul Walsh 6658 Views 3 Comments Hiking

Follow in the footsteps of Mōri Terumoto, the 16th Century daimyo who had a castle stronghold built upon the Otagawa

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Body & Mind Lifestyle Outdoor Sport & Fitness 

Traffic-Free Riverside Route

June 29, 2012June 24, 2016 jjwalsh 5198 Views 2 Comments cycling, Running, walking

Since 2004, new under bridge connections for riverside paths have been made along the many waterways in Hiroshima city that

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Features Outdoor 

Peace Pagoda Hike

March 29, 2012September 26, 2019 Paul Walsh 13317 Views 7 Comments Hiking

The trail up to the Peace Pagoda on Mt Futaba (139m) starts just a few hundred meters from Hiroshima Shinkansen

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Features Outdoor 

Mazda Ekiden

January 11, 2012January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 3201 Views 0 Comment Running

Looking for some motivation to get back in shape after the holidays? Why not get some friends together and cross

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Features Kids Outdoor 

Banana Cup

November 7, 2011January 26, 2016 Paul Walsh 3332 Views 0 Comment

The annual Banana Cup Duathlon (Run-Bike-Run) Championship took place at the Chuo Shinrin Koen cycling course, designed for the 1991

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Arts & Entertainment Features Outdoor 

The Inaugural Hatsukaichi Power Triathlon

June 18, 2007November 8, 2016 Paul Walsh 2274 Views 0 Comment Triathlon

At 10am Sunday, June 17, 288 swimmers setting off from Miyajima’s famous “floating” torii gate made for an impressive sight

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