Sunday, March 7, 2021
Get Hiroshima

  • Features
    • Arts & Entertainment
      • Exhibitions
      • Festivals
      • Music
      • Cinema
      • Sports
    • Deep Hiroshima
    • Matt’s Moment
    • People
    • Photos & Video
  • Dining
    • Asian
      • Chinese
      • Indian
      • SE Asian
    • Café
    • Japanese
      • Kaiseki
      • Izakaya
      • Okonomiyaki
      • Modern Izakaya
      • Ramen
      • Soba & Udon
      • Sushi
      • Teppan
    • Western
      • Italian
      • Tex-Mex
    • Oysters
    • Vegetarian
  • Nightlife
    • Pubs & Bars
    • Café Bars
    • Cinemas
  • Events
  • Attractions
    • Art Museums and Galleries
    • Parks and Gardens
    • Shrines and Temples
    • Iwakuni
  • Lifestyle
    • Accommodation
    • Beaches
    • Hair and Beauty
    • Kids
    • Onsen, Spas & Baths
    • Schools
    • Shopping
    • Sport & Fitness
  • Classifieds
  • 日本語

Peace

Features News Peace 

A Moving New Beginning: Main Building of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Reopens

April 26, 2019June 9, 2019 Hiroshima Food Snob 2291 Views 0 Comment peace, Peace Tourism

The main building of Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum has reopened after 2 years of renovations and revising its exhibits.

Read more
Features Peace 

Floating Lanterns in Peace Memorial Park

August 6, 2017August 26, 2017 jjwalsh 3267 Views 0 Comment August 6, Hiroshima Day, lanterns, peace park, photos

Once the sun starts to go down, people line up and write messages of peace on colorful origami paper and

Read more
Features Peace 

Professor Bo Jacobs on the Obama Visit

May 30, 2016July 5, 2016 jjwalsh 3982 Views 2 Comments Bo Jacobs, Interview, Obama

Two days after Barack Obama’s Hiroshima visit, Professor Bo Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute shared his thoughts about the

Read more
Features Peace 

Obama’s Historic Hiroshima Speech In Full

May 27, 2016September 18, 2016 jjwalsh 6118 Views 1 Comment

After laying a wreath in front of the cenotaph for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park, Barack Obama took

Read more
Arts & Entertainment Features Peace Performing Arts 

Peace on Your Wings : Sadako Sasaki Muscial

August 30, 2015October 14, 2015 jjwalsh 4485 Views 0 Comment Hawaii, musical, peace, Sadako Sasaki

On a recent visit to Hawaii, I was able to make the final performance of the new original musical “Peace

Read more
Features Peace 

Hiroshima 70 Peace Commemorations

July 15, 2015January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 3485 Views 0 Comment peace

Here is a compilation of the various events taking place around Hiroshima to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the A-bombing.

Read more
Features News Peace 

A-bombed tram back on the rails this summer

June 5, 2015June 28, 2018 Paul Walsh 4628 Views 1 Comment A-bomb, Hiroshima70, peace, streetcars

One of only two of the seventy trams running on the morning of August 6, 1945 to survive the A-bombing

Read more
Features Museums & Attractions Peace 

Peace Park 平和公園

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 jjwalsh 5372 Views 1 Comment Hiroshima city, Naka-ku, Near Peace Park, peace

Hiroshima’s Peace Park (Heiwa-Koen 平和公園) is in the center (Naka-ku) of Hiroshima city. It is the location of the Peace

Read more
Arts & Entertainment Exhibitions Features Peace 

Hiroshima Art Project 311 by MireyHIROKI

March 7, 2014January 12, 2016 Paul Walsh 561 Views 0 Comment

MireyHIROKI is a collaborative effort of two Japanese visual artists known for their distinctive and childlike use of crayons in

Read more
Features Peace 

Look Up & Transform the Target

August 5, 2013November 6, 2013 jjwalsh 2847 Views 0 Comment activism, demonstration, outdoor, peace

On August 6th, 1945 at 8:15am, the T-junction bridge at Peace Park was how the pilots targeted Hiroshima and dropped

Read more
Museums & Attractions Peace 

A-bomb Dome

September 10, 2010October 26, 2016 Paul Walsh 4007 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima city, peace, peace park

The A-bomb dome (Genbaku dome 原爆ドーム)are the iconic remains of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall. It has become a

Read more

Upcoming Events

Sun 07

The 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Art & Crafts Exhibition

February 17 - March 7
Sun 07

Hiroshima Carp vs Yakult Swallows Preseason Game

March 7 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sun 07

Hiroshima Kagura Livestream (with English Subtitles)

March 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri 12

Hiroshima Carp vs Nippon Ham Fighters Preseason Game

March 12 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sat 13

The Club Rocks

March 13 @ 9:00 pm - 5:00 am
Sun 14

Ultra Haze

March 14 @ 9:00 pm - 3:00 am
Sun 21

Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Softbank Hawks Preseason Game

March 21 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sun 28

[CANCELED] Kiyomori Festival

March 28 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
May 05

[Canceled] MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day

May 5 @ 7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Dec 31

New Year at Gokoku Shrine

December 31, 2021 - January 3, 2022

View More…

About Us

Joy and Paul Walsh started GetHiroshima in 1999 with the aim of creating an online English language resource to help people enjoy their time in this amazing city to the full. The mission remains the same and, whether you are here for a day or a decade, we hope that GetHiroshima helps you dig that little bit deeper, and get you a little bit closer to the heart of Hiroshima.

Contact

3-1-5 Honkawa-cho
Naka-ku
Hiroshima-shi
Hiroshima-ken
Japan
730-0802

082-225-7466

[email protected]

Privacy Policy

Login




Forgot?
Remember Register
Please Wait...
Copyright © 2021 Get Hiroshima. All rights reserved.