• From JR Hiroshima Station, the property is a 25-minute bus ride away. Rooms feature tatami (woven-straw) flooring and traditional futon bedding.
  • A mushroom cloud over Hiroshima. The impact of the bombing on Hiroshima. Hiroshima stands on a flat river delta, with few hills or natural features to limit the blast.
  • Hiroshima is a city and capital of Hiroshima (prefecture) that lies at the head of Hiroshima Bay, an embayment of the Inland Sea.
  • Despite the passage of more than 70 years, the name Hiroshima is still synonymous with the horrors of nuclear warfare.
  • Discover the top things to do in Hiroshima, known for its WWII legacy, commemorated in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum and Atomic Bomb Dome.
  • As it has done in most cities around the world, the COVID-19 virus has altered or canceled much of Hiroshima’s daily life: concerts, marathons, museum exhibits.
  • The history of Hiroshima city begins. Hiroshima was among several large local castle towns in the Edo period after Nagoya, Kanazawa and other major towns.
  • Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan.
  • Hiroshima is the capital of the Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu (main Japanese island).
  • By the time spring of 1946 arrived, the citizens of Hiroshima were surprised to find the landscape dotted with the blooming red petals of the oleander.