Culture Orizuru Tower With its beautiful skylines and active waterways, Oizuru Tower offers its visitors a way to see all of that activity—day or night—unobstructed by..
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 Mitaki Temple 5 (1Review) Mitaki-dera is a beautiful traditional Japanese temple complex, tucked away in a forest on the slopes of Mount Mitaki, just north of the city of Hiroshima...
11 Street & Urban Sakura Beauty in Hiroshima JJ Walsh Hiroshima castle, peace pagoda, Mt.Ogonzan and Hijiyama park offer wonderful views and fantastic blossoms to enjoy a hanami picnic..
12 Culture Mantou Mitama Festival in Photos Paul Walsh 100 "miko" shrine maidens dance by lantern light on the first night of the Mantou Mitama Matsuri at Hiroshima Gokoku-jinja Shrine...
Museums Itsukushima Floating Shrine JJ Walsh This floating red shrine with a lush green forest backdrop is a stunning scene at the top of any sightseers list
Museums Kumano's Famous Brush Town Gerard Spalding The city of Kumano is the number one producer of fude (brushes) in Japan.