Kirikushi Okagensan
Etajima locals float handcrafted votive boats on the water of a narrow inlet at the port of Kirikushi on the island of Etajima at the annual Kagensai Festival.
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Features
Hiroshima Orizuru Tower
Hiroshima Orizuru Tower has a 13F observation deck that overlooks the UNESCO World Heritage A-bomb Dome, shops, eateries and activities.
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To eat or not to eat (konbini food?), that is the question!
This week’s column is a little different from previous ones. For starters, I have some news…
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Tanabata Illuminations at Shukkei-en
For a week up until the annual tanabata star festival on July 7, Shukkei-en Garden created a blue milky way out
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Love (or summer gifts) makes the world (or at least Japan) go round
How’s everyone holding out with the humidity and all this rain? Yeah, probably the same as me. Rainy season always
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After The Fireworks
Killing time with summer yukata and garigari-kun in the side-streets of Yokogawa.
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
As I told you in last week’s column, I have a lactose intolerance problem. I’m also female, however, and, as
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Family Mart: my new ‘boyfriend’
Two weeks ago I wrote about my ‘break-up’ with 7-Eleven and the need to expand my horizons in search of new
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Peace Wanko
My husband and I made the move to Hiroshima from the U.S. in summer 2015. Aside from the inevitable culture
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Kanpai! Summer drinks to keep you cool
Last week I wrote about 7-Eleven’s new bread range and how I was disappointed with it. This week I discovered
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