Elusive Obon

Obon can be elusive for the average visitor to Japan, the sort of thing you’re aware of but…

Hiroshima Loves Fresh Food

July 3, 2014 Grant Stenger 7843 Views GHjunior

As a growing boy living in Hiroshima, there’s one thing that gets me excited above all else: food. Since coming

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

Anyone who visits or lives in Hiroshima quickly becomes familiar with Hondori the massive, covered shopping street in the center of

While Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri, held every July, is one of Japan’s best-known festivals, the port town of Onomichi also holds

June 23, 2014July 18, 2023 Paul Walsh 5450 Views

Hiroshima’s bastion of Japanese independent film, Yokogawa Cinema, is getting a face lift. This will come as welcome news to

At the end of last year, American filmmaker Ian Thomas Ash‘s powerful documentary A2-B-C, which focuses on a group of

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

Online travel site Trip Advisor has released its annual list of the 30 highest rated Japanese tourist destinations as voted by overseas visitors.

June 7, 2014June 8, 2016 Paul Walsh 7012 Views

Since its designation as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2011, the Mibu-no-Hanadaue ritual rice planting re-enactment held