Hiroshima G7 Summit swag on shopping sites disappoints producers
Local producers have expressed disappointment at the appearance of souvenir products especially created for the Hiroshima G7 Summit on online shopping flea market sites.
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Miyajima off limits to visitors during G7 Summit
The island of Miyajima, home to the Itsukushima UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be closed to visitors during the G7
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Hiroshima’s former baseball stadium site reborn after 12 year wait
Hiroshima’s old city center baseball stadium site is reborn as Hiroshima Gate Park after a 12 year wait.
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Hiroshima Citizens’ Expo to call for unity ahead of Hiroshima G7 Summit
A poignant call for unity will be at the center of a day of friendly exchange and fun on Hiroshima
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Dead fish white-out at Bayside Beach Saka
Hundreds of dead fish found washed ashore at local beach in Hiroshima.
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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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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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