It’s been three years since our reporter Mari Morimoto has been on an airplane, and more than 10 years since she’s visited the Chugoku region of Japan. So when she found herself in Hiroshima for ...

I’m red-faced. All this time, I had assumed that Aki-no-Miyajima meant that the best season to visit Miyajima is in the autumn, with the mountain foliage turning colorful hues of red, orange and ...

World leaders visited the Itsukushima shrine in Hiroshima as they gathered for the G7 summit in Japan on Friday, 19 May. Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima island is well known for its iconic “floating” ...

The Japanese government has implemented a tourism tax at the Itsukushima Shrine in the town of Hatsukaichi in the Hiroshima prefecture to protect it from overtourism. The Itsukushima Shinto shrine is ...

It’s a question we’re often asked. Many people, aware of the city’s tragic past, imagine it’s a grim, grey place. However, as the heads of state attending this year’s G7 Summit (19-21 May) will have ...

Hiroshima’s island of Miyajima is known for its autumn colors and momiji manjū (bean-jam buns shaped like maple leaves). The island’s hill Misen, whose base is home to a World Heritage site, has ...

Miyajima, one of Japan’s most popular tourist sites, is planning to introduce a new entry tax on visitors to fund new infrastructure as well as curb overtourism, which a local official has admitted is ...