The Pokemon Center in Hiroshima will hold its renewal opening in early April 2025, with a shiny red Gyarados on display to welcome guests.

Photos of a massive red shrine gate that appears to be floating in the sea is one of the most iconic images of Japan. The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto ...

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HIROSHIMA—Inspired by his great-aunt and her ... at the time from his great-aunt who had moved to Canada in 1926. The gifts were Tanaka’s first encounter with the North American country.

Bonnie Tarses, a longtime weaver and textile artist, has folded 44 sets of a thousand cranes and wanted to aim higher.

Souvenir, commémorations ... as high as 400,000 dead – a toll that exceeded the number of victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Beck says that this high estimate could have been a way ...

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--In the “City of ... Hisatomi described his brainchild as “perfect for banquets and as a souvenir for sightseers,” adding that “a floral aroma and a joyful ...

Cherry blossom season is a magical time everyone should experience. Don't know where to start? We've highlighted lovely spots ...

Artfully designed packaging is central to the appeal of omiyage, the Japanese tradition of gifting souvenirs, often food ... solidifying their place as part of the Hiroshima brand and its promotional ...

The annual number of visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which shows how the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing devastated the city of Hiroshima, has exceeded 2 million for the first time.

More than 100,000 people were killed in a single night 80 years ago Monday in the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo, the Japanese ...

1:41 Trump administration removes ‘politically-charged’ words relating to DEI from government sites References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped ...