Your Guide to Hiroshima: Part 3—Recreation and Nightlife

Once you’ve stored your belongings and rested from your trip, you need to go and check out Peace Memorial Park（広島平和記念公園,）and the A-Bomb Dome (原爆ドーム）.  Here, you’ll be able to see first hand the affects of the atom bomb, witness the only structure still standing from the blast, and walk through the Peace Memorial Museum, which [...]

Your Guide to Hiroshima: Part 2—Lodging & Accommodation

Once you arrive in Hiroshima, you are going to want to find a place to stay—that is, if you plan on staying overnight.  There are about five hostels, two hotels, and four ryokans (旅館) in the city as of: August 11, 2009.  (If you haven’t already familiarized yourself with them, ryokans are traditional Japanese hotels/hostels, [...]

Your Guide to Hiroshima: Part 1—Getting There

Hiroshima (広島市, ) is relatively small city (when compared to Tokyo (東京) and the Kansai area) nestled in the southwestern mountains of Japan.  It is quaint, with a streetcar system reminiscent of San Francisco. Due to its rich and horrifying history (the atom bomb) you really need to make the [...]