Culture Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum Paul Walsh Works by locally-born painters, sculptors and craftsmen as well as by some big name western and Japanese artists in a large m...
Culture Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art JJ Walsh This thoroughly modern gallery was Japan's first public museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art, located in Hijiyama ...
Culture Miyajima Aquarium JJ Walsh Hiroshima's aquarium remodeled and reopened in 2011, offering over 13,000 sea creatures mostly from the Seto-inland Sea area ...
Culture Onomichi’s 'Cat Alley' Meredith Lescoe The temple walk of Onomichi in Hiroshima holds more than the obvious. See what a talented artist did to revive a small sectio...
9 Culture Memorial Cathedral for World Peace Mary Kawai This Catholic church was rebuilt as a Cathedral of Peace after the atomic blast of 1945. The bells and other elements were do...
13 Culture 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...
15 Culture Inside a Sake Brewery in Saijo Chantelle Silva Take a look inside one of Saijo's most successful sake breweries and get an idea of what goes on behind the scenes.
8 Culture Miyajima's Five Story Pagoda Chantelle Silva Miyajima's Five Story Pagoda is a stunning five tiered pagoda positioned atop a hill on the island. Its bold color will draw ...
10 Culture Memorial Cathedral for World Peace in Hiroshima City Chantelle Silva The artefacts on display around the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace give the Cathedral a museum-esque feel
7 Culture Statues Around Hiroshima's MOCA Chantelle Silva A number of sculptures decorate the area around Hiroshima City's Museum of Contemporary Art, with each unique piece adding to...
