Hiroshima Hidden Gems
A city rebuilt as a monument to peace, paired with the floating torii of Miyajima across the bay — two UNESCO sites within an hour of each other.
4 spots
Climate & Best Season
Mild Inland Sea climate: warm summers, gentle winters, low rainfall. Year-round, with oysters at their best in winter.
Famous For (Food)
- Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki
- Oysters
- Tsukemen
- Momiji manju
Signature Sights
- Peace Memorial Park & Dome
- Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
- Onomichi temple walk
- Shimanami Kaido cycling
Miyoshi Mononoke Museum
In 1749 a sixteen-year-old boy in Miyoshi named Inou Heitaro was, according to the account written down afterwards, visi…
Fude no Sato Kobo
Kumano makes about eighty per cent of Japan's brushes. It started in the nineteenth century when farmers here, unable to…
Kosanji Temple
Kosanji was built by an industrialist who took Buddhist orders after his mother's death and spent thirty years and a for…
Innoshima Suigunjo
The Murakami were not pirates in the sense the English word implies. They controlled the passages of the central Inland…