Culture Hiroshima Peace Memorial: A-Bomb Dome Paul Walsh The iconic remains of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, have become a symbol of both the horror of nuclear...
Culture Tradition of Tondo Matsuri JJ Walsh At Shrines around the city, small New Year festivals called Tondo Matsuri are held to burn old good luck charms and to roast ...
The Atomic Bomb Dome Tomoko Kamishima Hiroshima's famous dome (designed by Czech architect, Jan Letzel) stood 160m southeast of ground zero. But the dome miraculou...
World's Most Famous Anti-War Museum Tomoko Kamishima The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum exhibits many articles remaining from the atomic bombing. It also displays records and ph...
Walking around Itsukushima Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Miyajima has been known as an island of God for 1400 years. And the island itself has been worshiped by people all over Japan.
The Fun Streets of Miyajima Island Tomoko Kamishima The bustling shopping street of Omotesando, Machiya-dori with old houses, Taki-koji with big houses of Shinto priests, and a ...
Miyajima’s Senjokaku & Pagoda Tomoko Kamishima Senjokaku, 1,000 tatami mats is size, is on the top of a hill commanding Itsukushima Shrine. A comfortable breeze blows throu...
11 Miyajima: God's Island Masayoshi Hirose Aki-no Miyajima in Hiroshima; This sublime shrine and its corridors floating on the sea
8 Kosanji: Opaline Hill of Hope - 3 Masayoshi Hirose The last of this Kosanji Temple Series: The Hill of Hope (Miraishin no Oka); I didn't expect to find something so European on...
11 Kosanji: Temple of Filial Piety - 1 Masayoshi Hirose Kosanji Temple on Ikuchi-jima Island, which is connected to the mainland of Japan by the Shimanami Kaido (expressway), will f...
