Ebisu-jinja Shrine

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

Gokuraku-ji Temple

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.

The walk towards Daisho-in temple from the ferry port is relatively short and very enjoyable. When I was there in

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

At the base of Ushita-yama, there is an interesting Buddhist temple and pet cemetery. The temple is easy to see from

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

One of the first things people notice when they arrive in Hiroshima on the shinkansen is the bulbous silver stupa

Ikari-jinja is one of the oldest shrines in the Hiroshima city area, and it is thought that it has been

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

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