Family Pool: Outdoor Swimming in Hiroshima City Center

Although only open for a couple of months a year, the outdoor Family Pool can be a life saver during Hiroshima’s long, hot and humid summer.

International Aikido Dojo

Aikido is a powerful yet beautiful Japanese martial art focused on flexibility and self-defense- this excellent dojo is located in

Head north from Hiroshima city and you are into the countryside in no time. The urban landscape soon gives way

“Sawa-nobori”, also known here as “Shower Climbing”, is the Japanese sport of trekking up mountain rivers; scrambling over boulders, scaling

Every winter, between November and April the Olympic-sized swimming pool at ‘Big Wave’ in Ushita is drained and transformed into

Try your hand at archery in a lovely forest park at Archery Land in Saiki-ku, Hatsukaichi, jan hour by car from Hiroshima city center.

Ohnan Ryokou-mura is a all-purpose, though somewhat run down, sports park with a track, climbing wall, concrete halfpipe, camping and

If your kids (or you) are into skateboarding, or using inline skates or BMX on ramps, there are two good options

Climbers young and old, of all ability and fitness levels are welcome at this full-service climbing gym, however if you

2014 was great start for professional Basketball in Hiroshima – fans will be happy to know that there are now