Culture Simose Art Museum Wins Prix Versailles Kim Bergström Dec 5, 2024 Hiroshima's Simose Art Museum gained international acclaim recently by winning the Prix Versailles, a UNESCO-established award..
6 Culture Miyajima and Heaven Sleiman Azizi What you see on Miyajima, close to Hiroshima in western Japan, is up to you. Itsukushima Shrine, the floating gate, Gojunoto pagoda..
13 Museums Kure "Yamato" Maritime Museum Virginia Gonzalez Yamato, the biggest battleship ever built, was sunk by American aircraft during the suicide operation Ten-Go. Kure's Maritime..
Culture Innoshima Suigun Castle Sandra Isaka Innoshima Suigun-jo is a 'pirate's' castle on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Hiroshima Prefecture.
11 Traditional On the Sake Trail in Saijo Chantelle Silva Saijo is the perfect place to get an idea of how special sake is to Japan and Japanese culture. It is riddled with breweries and..
Historical Ushita Kannon-temple & Pet Cemetery JJ Walsh Beautiful golden Kannon bodhisattva at the base of Ushita-yama offers comfort for lost children or pets. Interesting spot to see..
6 Historical Lights and Paper Cranes Ciara Long LED lit paper cranes and floating lights in the river near the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Culture Picasso: The Blue Period and Beyond 2023 Feb 4th - May 28th 2023 Past Event A special exhibition at the Hiroshima Museum of Art will explore Picasso's "blue period", which was the timeframe around 1900..