Senseki Garden is a very pleasant place to visit in spring - and, yes, the rocks are very cool! gethiroshima.com/features/tra...
Senseki Garden is a very pleasant place to visit in spring - and, yes, the rocks are very cool! gethiroshima.com/features/tra...
Senseki Garden in Higashi-hiroshima, the pet project of local doctor Seizo Yamana, a 20-year project, has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as having the largest number of garden stones in a single Japanese garden!
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Pod of dolphins seen cruising around the waters in front of the grand shrine gate of Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima, yesterday ๐ฌโฉ๏ธ
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The man is reported to be an acquaintance of the family of three living in the home, and all are safe.
#HiroshimaCrimeReport After police responded to reports of a dispute at a Fukuyama residence at around 4:00am on March 4, they heard what sounded like gunfire. They later found a man unconscious and bleeding from the head with a โgun-like objectโ nearby.
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Six people were hospitalized in at the annual โNaked Festival in Okayama on Saturday night. Officials say three were unconscious.
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#HiroshimaCrimeReport On January 20th, a 72-year-old man was arrested for stealing rice balls from a convenience store in Kure City.
#HiroshimaCrimeReport Man pulled from car, beaten in Fukuyama convenience store parking lot
A 51-year-old man was pulled out of his car by a gang of men who punched him and then stole his car in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on February 8.
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#HiroshimaCrimeReport On November 11, 2025, a 41-year-old man was arrested in a bicycle parking lot at a shopping mall in Takaramachi, Hiroshima City, for headbutting someone, causing them to fall, resulting in injury.
A man died during the annual mountain burning at Akiyoshidai in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Dead grass is subject to controlled burning each spring to encourage new growth. A worker's clothing caught fire, burning his entire body, and he died at the hospital. Another man died by fire at the event in 2017
#HiroshimaCrimeReport A woman was arrested in Hatsukichi yesterday after stabbing her 76-year-old father in the head with a kitchen knife. She called police to the scene and admitted, "I stabbed him with the intention of killing him." The victim was conscious when he was taken to hospital.
Ume blossom in the snow. Shukkeien Garden, Hiroshima.
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#HiroshimaCrimeReport A 44-year-old man was arrested in Mizunomi, Fukuyama City, last November, for taking upskirt photos of a woman at a convenience store.
#HiroshimaCrimeReport Three teenage boys were arrested last September for crashing a motorbike into someone riding a bicycle from behind in Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City. The victim was injured and has their wallet and phone stolen.
#HiroshimaCrimeReport A 26-year-old man was arrested last August on rape charges for having sexual intercourse with his victim while she was asleep at the suspect's home in Fukuyama City.
For those worried that their kotatsu might explode, warmer weather is on its way, after a bit of rain today and tomorrow.
#HiroshimaCrimeReport A 37-year-old man has been arrested for assault. It is reported that he punched someone in the face at a restaurant in Fukuyama City, and then, on the following day, assaulted the same person again at the same restaurant.
#HiroshimaCrimeReport On January 2nd, a 27-year-old man was arrested at a hospital in Otake City for repeatedly kicking and punching someone in the head. It is reported that the assailant attacked the victim later the same day, this time punching them in the head.
Snow day in Hiroshima๐จ๏ธ
#HiroshimaCrimeReport On September 2nd, a 34-year-old man was arrested for stealing hats from a clothing shop in Minami Zao, Fukuyama City.
Chilly weather on the Shimanami Kaido this weekend, but the views can still be dramatic. This is central Imabari, set against the Ishizuchi Mountain Range, taken from Umashima, along the Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge.
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#HiroshimaCrimeReport In an apparent muder suicide, a mother (74) and daughter (49) were found dead in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, last night. Police investigated after the daughter's husband called, saying he couldn't reach them. The daughter was hanging from the eaves outside, the mother face up in bed
[Re:Arch] Saturday, February 7, 10am-4pm ๐Next to the Children's Peace Monument (Sadako Sasaki Orizuru Peace Crane Monument) in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
If you are looking for something to do in Hiroshima city center tomorrow between 10am and 4pm, why join Radahiro Hasegawa's hands-on art project? Titled Re: Arch. Using upcycled wood from A-bomb survivor trees and local materials, he invites passers-by to work together to build a symbolic Peace Arch
The Mihara Daruma Festival kicks off this afternoon with a parade of kids dressed in cute Daruma costumes and reaches its climax on Sunday.
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#HiroshimaCrimeReport On January 7th, a 39-year-old woman posing as a police officer convinced a member of the public to allow them into their home in Hiroshima's Nishi-ku to help with a case and stole four cash cards while the homeowner was not looking.
#HiroshimaCrimeReport Two men aged 33 and 25 have been arrested for grabbing a man and throwing him down the emergency stairs of a multi-story building in Hiroshima's Nagarekawa nightlife district in June 2024.
The number of foreign workers employed in Hiroshima Prefecture has reached a record high, underscoring the growing role of overseas labor as the region faces population decline and labor shortages.
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