Adam Beck: Hiroshima’s bilingual child whisperer
Adam Beck of Bilingual Monkeys spills the beans on tricks, tips and support in raising bilingual and multilingual kids.
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Features
Home of Battered Innards, Fukumoto Shokudo Rebooted
Could an under-the-radar purveyor of the soul food of Hiroshima backstreets survive a makeover? [日本語]
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Snowy Tondo Festival at Gokoku Shrine
Gokoku Shrine’s annual tondo bonfire festival coincided with the biggest snowfall to hit the city in a generation.
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The Final Caper
This year I started the column to not only convey my love of konbini [コンビニ] to the world (well okay,
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Sorasaya Shrine Tondo Festival
This tondo festival in Honkawa is a nice mix of shrine rite and neighborhood event.
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Sayonara to the Daiichi Gekijo Strip Theater
Goto Izumi peeks behind the curtain of Hiroshima’s last strip theater, soon to close after 40 years in business. [日本語]
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‘Tis the season to be broke
The o-seibo winter gift giving season is upon us and that means that we need to get our thinking caps
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Christmas Illuminations at Hiroshima Botanical Gardens
The annual “Flower and Light Pageant” illuminations at Hiroshima City Botanical Gardens are some the most Christmassy in the area.
Read moreBest Of Hiroshima Awards 2016
The best of Hiroshima as voted by GetHiroshima readers: The best Hiroshima okonomiyaki, restaurants, bars, cherry blossom spots and more!
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My Daily Experience…
Remember last time when I said that I was going to stuff myself silly with food from my two favourite
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