Showa Emperor Hirohito In Hiroshima

In Emperor Hirohito’s historic broadcast to the Japanese people – the first by a Japanese Emperor – on August 15,

What does Hiroshima mean?

What’s in a name? As in many places around the world, the origins of many Japanese place names are often

A committee of experts has agreed to pursue a new reconstruction of Hiroshima Castle’s main keep, this time in wood.

August 6th 2024 was the 79th anniversary of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima. Now as a long-time resident of Hiroshima,

The largest ever excavation of Hiroshima A-bomb ruins is currently underway after they were exposed during the building a new soccer stadium.

7 minutes of 85-year-old film footage provides fascinating glimpses of Hiroshima before the A-bombing.

A look at the origins and story of Takiyasha-hime (Princess Takiyasha), a staple of the repertoire of the Kagura folk

The Saigoku Kaido (Saigoku Route/Way/Road), was the main overland thoroughfare between Kyushu and Kyoto between from the 8th century up

The Chugoku Shinbun has shared this recently rediscovered 1927 postcard showing Hiroshima’s busy Kamiya-cho intersection.

The ginkgo tree that grows through the roof of the temple gate of at Anraku-ji in Ushita is around 300