The Hiroshima Carp play Yokohama Baystars at home May 19, 20, and 21. Click through for more details and get tickets. gethiroshima.com/event/hirosh...

Hiroshima cat owner sentenced to 5 years in prison for beating noisy neighbor to death. #HiroshimaCrimeReport gethiroshima.com/news/cat-own...

Japan Steel Works has just completed a new factory building at its Hiroshima Works in Funakoshi. It will handle the assembly of artillery and missile launchers, part of the Ministry of Defense's 5-year 43-trillion-yen investment plan. www.chugoku-np.co.jp/articles/-/8... 1/8

In another incident involving a Hiroden streetcar, at around 11pm on May 6, a train struck a woman near Iguchi Station on the Miyajima Line. The woman was taken to a hospital but later died. #HiroshimaNews

A Hiroden streetcar collided with a bus in Hiroshima city center on May 1 at around 8:20 a.m. According to police, the streetcar was going straight, while the bus was attempting to turn right. One passenger on the streetcar complained of suffering from pain after the incident. #HiroshimaNews

Tonight is the night. Celeste at Ondo. Hit the link below for details.

And, of course, it's also the annual samurai parade (and more!) at the Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni today. Always a fun day out. 🥷🏯 gethiroshima.com/event/kintai...

Tea plucking rituals in Shukkeien Garden today🌱 gethiroshima.com/event/tea-ha...

Onomichi gets into the Golden Week spirit ahead of the main event with a big, but firmly local, festival featuring traditional and modern dance, family-friendly fun, and lots of food stalls. gethiroshima.com/event/onomic...

Internal radiation exposure confirmed even 70 years after atomic bombing mainichi.jp/english/arti...

On April 19, a 64-year-old woman confessed to local police that she had kept the body of her mother, who had died at their Hiroshima home in February 2022. Police found the mother's skeletal remains, still clothed, inside. No external injuries were discernible. www.home-tv.co.jp/news/content...

Three people were injured in an assault involving a hazardous substance in Hiroshima's Asaminami Ward on April 16. gethiroshima.com/news/police-...

Our post-sakura flower week continues with the tulip fields in Sera highland🌷 gethiroshima.com/features/art...

A woman was robbed in Tomimatsu in Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City on the night of April 12. The woman was along a riverside path at around 8:30pm when she was knocked to the ground from behind by a man who appeared to be carrying a knife. The man grabbed her belongings before he fled the scene.

If you are suffering from sakura withdrawal and are up for a bit of an adventure, consider taking a drive to Ohnan, just across the border in Shimane Prefecture, to see the stunning peach blossoms in "the closest village to heaven." gethiroshima.com/museums-attr...

The 25th anniversary of Peachiku Park is a good opportunity to reshare our feature on HIroshima's Asa Zoo. It's a nice time of year to visit - warm, but not too hot, flowers in bloom, and before the bears in the surrounding hills wake up! Feature link in next thread newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rcc...

The 25th anniversary of Peachiku Park seems like a good opportunity to point to our Asa Zoo feature. Right now, the weather is warm, flowers are in bloom, and the bears in the surrounding mountains are still sleeping! Feature link in next thread newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rcc...

Just a couple more days to see the late-blooming cherry blossom before the Japan Mint in Itsukaichi closes its gates to the public until next year. gethiroshima.com/event/cherry...

Shukkeien Garden's sakura illuminations continue until Sunday, April 5. gethiroshima.com/event/cherry...

Fuji Musume has been supplying festival dolls to local families for decades. We visited their Ujina showroom to learn about the colorful history of this family business, born out of the ashes of the A-bomb. gethiroshima.com/features/fuj...

Hiroshima's great oyster die-off featured in the UK Guardian 🦪🪦 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The remains of a 13-year-old girl killed in the 1945 atomic bombing here were returned to her family more than 80 years later on March 22 after DNA analysis rectified a misidentification. www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

It's a shame that rain is forecast after a couple of days of nice weather, but the annual Kiyomori Festival parade is being held on Miyajima tomorrow afternoon✨ gethiroshima.com/event/kiyomo...

The first Somei Yoshino sakura buds opened yesterday on an official marker tree in Hiroshima's Shukkeien Garden, six days earlier than average and seven days earlier than last year. This makes it the second-earliest recorded bloom, after 2021. newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rcc...

We are saddened by the passing of A-bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori. A true peacemaker. apnews.com/article/japa...

Sakura season soon come🌸 gethiroshima.com/features/han...

A wild boar was spotted playing footie in an elementary school playground on Etajima yesterday morning🥅⚽️🐗 gethiroshima.com/news/wild-bo...

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! news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/n...

Pod of dolphins seen cruising around the waters in front of the grand shrine gate of Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima, yesterday 🐬⛩️ newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rcc...

#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 “gun-like object” nearby. news.web.nhk/newsweb/na/n...

Six people were hospitalized in at the annual “Naked Festival in Okayama on Saturday night. Officials say three were unconscious. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

#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. japantoday.com/category/cri...

#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. February 8, 2026

#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 Hiroshima🌨️

#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.

#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

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. gethiroshima.com/event/mihara...

#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.