HOKOKU JINJA SHRINE (SENJOKAKU PAVILION) It seems there’s another HOKOKU JINJA in Japan and TOYOKUNI JINJA also has the same KANJI character too. There are so many HOKOKU JINJA SHRINE in Japan. The name came from “HOKOKU-DAIMYOJIN” which is HIDEYOSHI TOYOTOMI’s Shingo(a title name given to a shinto name ) SENJOKAKU PAVILION is a moniler …
RELATION BETWEEN BAUM KUCHEN AND HIROSHIMA? Have you heard “Baum Kuchen”? This is name of German cake means “Log cake” in English. The characteristic rings appear when you sliced resemble tree rings. Hiroshima is the first place sold Baum Kuchen in Japan at Hiroahima Industrial Promotion Hall (later know as “Atomic Bomb Dome”) in 1919. …
JAPANESE GARDEN next to Hiroshima Sun Plaza If you are looking for family place on a way to Miyajima, I recommend you to stop by Shin-Inokuchi station, JR Sanyo line. Heading to walk toward Hiroshima Sun Plaza (Sports Arena and Hotel) 5 minutes you’ll be there. Then look west, you can see there is a …
GREAT TORII GATE in MIYAJIMA Original was built in 1168 same year with Itsukushima shrine. Height : 16.6 meter (55ft) Between the post : 10.9 meter (38ft) Weight : approx 60 ton Current Torii gate is the 8th generation since 1875. It is under major repair work until 2023 spring. One post was from …
THE PEACE BELL The peace bell was built on September 20th 1964 for persisting world peace. Height: 1.5 meter, Weight: 1.2 ton DESIGN AND MESSAGE It described a borderless world map on the surface hoping for a borderless world. As a symbol of peace, the pigeon statue is on the top. What’s on …
Some tomb stones are found about 50m from the Atomic-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. Some tombstones are still there since the Atomic bomb exploded and we can see what happened here. You can see the difference between the surface of top and side. Top surface is rough and the side is smooth to keep the …
Kuamano-cho is located 30 minutes drive from central Hiroshima and its famous about Kumano’s Fude(=brush). Its market share is about 80% in Japan. It is use for not only for painting but also use for Japanese writing which called “SHUJI”=Japanese traditional calligraphy. I visit KOYUDO’s Japanse makeup brush experience. Some staff available English language support. …
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I have been asked “Is there any radiation remains?” and I said as A-bomb effect “No” .However, I am born and bread in Hiroshima and live a life more than 40 years with good health except bold hair haha. It is said that there is 2 main reason Hiroshima prevented from radiational contamination. (I’m not …
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