Hilton luxury hotel coming to Miyajima-guchi
Hilton has announced that it will open a new luxury hotel in Miyajimaguchi, across from the island of Miyajima and its UNESCO World Heritage Itsukushima Shrine.
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Hiroshima taxi driver robbed at scissorpoint
At around 2:20 pm on June 23, a 70-year-old Hiroshima taxi driver was robbed by man who threatened him with
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Hiroshima rainy season on hold, for now
Weather monitoring services predict Hiroshima will be spared from the start of the rainy season for another week or so.
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Hiroshima says sayonara to the Galaxy cruise ship
The Ginga (Galaxy) dinner cruise shop will be retired in December after 40 years of plying the waters of Hiroshima Bay.
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New Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony access and protest restrictions
Hiroshima City government have announced new restrictions on protests around the A-bomb Dome during the annual Peace Memorial Ceremony.
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Hiroshima hotel tax proposal revived
With tourism well and truly back, Hiroshima Governor has revived talk of a hotel tax.
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Miyajima ferry runs aground in front of great shrine gate
The spring tourist season is well underway and with a cruise ship calling at Ujina today, Hiroshima was filled with
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Knife Attack at Hiroshima A-bomb Dome
An 81-year-old man visiting Hiroshima from outside the prefecture was attacked by a man with a knife in front of
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Convenience store knife attack in Asaminami
A 76-year-old man was arrested in Nagatsuka in Asaminami yesterday afternoon after attacking two people with a knife in a convenience store.
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“Murder hornet” strikes in Hiroshima Peace Museum
It was announced yesterday that a child visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was stung by a susume-bachi hornet.
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