All You Need to Know About Miyajima at New Year 2023
A few tidbits of info that we hope will make your New Year jaunt to Miyajima a memorable one.
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News
Three-and-a-half-year Miyajima shrine gate renovation officially completed
Restoration work on Itsukushima Shrine’s floating shrine gate on Miyajima that began in June 2019 was officially completed today, December
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Fishing boat captain dies in tanker collision
The captain of a fishing boat was killed in a collision with a tanker ship when collided off the coast of Osaki-shimojima Island on December 3.
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Island honesty stalls plagued by mikan thiefs
Elderly farmers on the Tobishima islands are getting increasingly frustrated by people taking their cut-price produce from honest stalls without paying.
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Suicides in Hiroshima Pref up over 20% in 2021
Figures show that number of suicides in Hiroshima Prefecture in 2021 totaled 492, an increase of 22.7% over the previous year.
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Hiroshima Flower Festival to return in 2023, a month later than usual
The Hiroshima Flower Festival is to return in 2023, but will be cut down from the usual 3 days and held a month later.
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First ever death at Miyajima Boat Race
29-year-old professional powerboat racer Tatsuya Nakata died as the result of an accident in race at the Miyajima Boat Race stadium on November 6.
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Sayonara GetHiroshima Classifieds (╯︵╰,)
We are sorry to announced that, after almost 20 years, we have closed GetHiroshima’s free classifieds service.
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Miyajima visitor tax comes to implemented from October 2023
From October 1, most visitors will be paying more for their ferry rides to Miyajima as a new tourist tax comes into effect.
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Over 10,000 dead fish found on Shimane shore
Local media have been reporting the discovery of thousands of dead fish on the the Nakaumi lagoon on the Japan Sea coast of Shimane Prefecture.
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