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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Hiking Sandankyo Gorge
Sandankyo Gorge may only be 90 minutes from Hiroshima, but it is a world away from the hustle and bustle
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Sandan-kyo Gorge in Autumn
Beautiful Sandan-kyo Gorge, in the north of Hiroshima prefecture in the town of Aki-ota, is one of the earliest places
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Yokogawa Zombie Night
I’m a big fan of zombies, whether they be on screen, in comic books or chasing you in a fun
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Zombie Season at Yokogawa Cinema
As part of Yokogawa’s Zombie Night festivities in the run up to and over Halloween weekend, the fiercly independent Yokogawa
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Toorigosairei Parade
On October 10, around 70,000 people crowded along the narrow road between Hiroshima’s Toshogu and Nigitsu shrines to watch the
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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
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Ushita Alps Part 1
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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This is Part 2 of a 3 part series of posts describing the 7km trail between Peace Pagoda and Big
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Ushita Alps Part 3
This is the final post in a 3 part series describing the 7km trail between Peace Pagoda and Big Wave
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