A lovely little shrine surrounded by lush greenery in Chiyoda in Kita-hiroshima.

The history of Ebisu Shrine, on the Ebisu-dori shopping arcade in downtown Hiroshima city, is intimately linked to the development

Gokuraku-ji Temple dates from medieval times and stands on top of the mountain that bears its name, overlooking Hatsukaichi and

Hiroshima’s answer to Kyoto’s Fushimi-inari Shrine, on the side of Mt Futaba-yama just north of Hiroshima shinkansen station.

Although not a protected UNESCO site like the A-bomb Dome and Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima, Fudōin Temple is designated by

Referred to as Shirakami-san by locals, Shirakami Shrine, gets its name (which means “white god”) from a time when the

It’s amazing how often I meet people who have lived in Hiroshima all their lives who have never visited Mitaki-dera

Ikari shrine is one of the oldest shrines in the Hiroshima city area, predating the establishment of Hiroshima Castle by many generations.

A Tōshō-gū (東照宮) is any Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate which lasted from 1603-1868,

“Gokoku” shrines are Shinto shrines designated as places of worship for those who have died in war. Like the controversial