Asa Zoo: Creatures great and small in the hills of Hiroshima
GetHiroshima was recently invited to take a tour behind the scenes, with the hope that we would share its activities
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Parks and Gardens
Onomichi Donkey Paradise
Hiroshima is a great destination for animal lovers! Okunoshima island has rabbits, Miyajima has its deer, and now, in addition
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Sakura at Yasuno Station
Yasuno Station, closed since 2003, is a unique and beautiful place to enjoy sakura in bloom.
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Tanoshiri Station
This little former Kabe Line station has been stuck in time since it closed in December 2003, but is far from being abandoned.
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Miyoshi Fudoki-no-oka Park
30 hectare park in Miyoshi containing 3000 ancient burial mounds, traditional buildings and a archeological museum.
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Ozekiyama Park
This pleasant hilltop park on the edge of Miyoshi’s historical district is best known for its cherry blossoms and autumn
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Ushita Sogo Koen Park
Ushita Sogo Koen [牛田総合公園] expansive hillside park behind the Higashi-ku Sports Center and Big Wave pool offers walking paths, grassy
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Koboku no Mori Herb Garden
Koboku-no-mori herb garden [香木の森] is on the edge of the Ohochi basin in Ohnan, just across the Hiroshima border, in
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Ini-no-tanada Rice Terraces
Over 300 terraced rice fields hug the side of a high mountain valley in Akiota-cho make for a beautiful site
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Bihoku Hillside Park
This government run park is really huge and, despite being in the middle of nowhere (though it is very near
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