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Prayer blocks at Kinkaku-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Golden Week adventure to Kyoto, Himeiji, and Hiroshima.

Zach Feinberg - umbrella101922 [88]

This is a brief recount of my travels to central and southern Honshu during Golden Week (First week of May). My friend Sean and I took the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) down to Kyoto, Himeiji, and Hiroshima...

Destinations: Kyoto | Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: Travel | Adventure
Neatly folded kimonos and the Buddhist Scriptures were provided in our ryokan

Relaxing Ryokan

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

My husband had his best sleep ever in our ryokan in Japan.

Destinations: Kochi(Japan) | Tokyo | Oita Prefecture | Nara | Nagoya | Hiroshima | Wakayama Prefecture | Kochi | Okinawa | Kyushu | Nagano prefecture | Kagoshima Prefecture | Uraga | Ishikawa | Sapporo | Nikko | Hokkaido | Kyoto | Kanagawa | Japan | Yokohama | Osaka
Topics: Adventure | 20th Century History | Economy | People | Fashion | Ancient History | Traditions | Culture | Architecture
A Japanese pancake artist at work

Japanese Pancakes

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

There are many good reasons to spend time in Hiroshima. The excellent food is definitely one of them.

Destinations: Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: Food
After the bombing of Hiroshima a father buried his son with his tricycle.

A Quiet Museum

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,427]

The Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima is an almost eerily quiet place.

Destinations: Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: Culture | Travel | People | Religion | 20th Century History | Art | War & Conflict

Of Hope and Hiroshima

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

Review of Kenzaburo Oe's Hiroshima Notes, Grove Press, 1996.

Destinations: Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History | War & Conflict

Film Review: Hiroshima, Mon Amour

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,790]

The subject of much comment and controversy, Hiroshima, Mon Amour is the vintage brainchild of French director Alain Resnais and novelist-turned-screenwriter Marguerite Duras. Filmed in high-relief...

Destinations: Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: Literature | War & Conflict | Art

A personal journey into the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Stefan Chiarantano - schiarantano [2,714]

This personal essay isn't meant as a means to criticize or put down America. Far from it. I love America. I just want to understand what happened. Living in Japan and coming to a deeper understanding...

Destinations: Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: 20th Century History | War & Conflict

Learning To Love the Bomb All Over Again

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

"The world will never be the same." "A new era has begun." "Today America lost its innocence." "The pursuit of happiness is at an end." The above sentiments were being expressed with startling...

Destinations: Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History

Hiroshima

Philip Blazdell - philipblazdell [603]

My life had come full circle. In a few days I would be leaving Japan for a job on the other side of the world. I had come to Hiroshima on one last whirlwind trip of Japan. My life in Japan began with...

Destinations: Hiroshima | Japan
Topics: 20th Century History | War & Conflict
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