Hiroshima

The G7 Summit will begin on May 19, 2023 in Hiroshima, where the leaders of seven developed countries will discuss solutions to the world’s problems. The threat of the Covit-19 has subsided and life is gradually returning to normal, but what will they discuss in the midst of war, disaster…

RIHGA Royal Hotel offers the most luxurious stays for holidays and business in Japan and is an incredible way to experience Hiroshima. Incredibly helpful staff In a country where English is very much a secondary language, Hiroshima’s RIHGA Royal Hotel staff were incredibly well-versed in English. …

My paternal grandfather recounts his advocacy for the Hiroshima Peace Center Foundation Marvin W. Green 279 Park Ave., Orange, NJ On a threatening night, June 2, 1952, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knight — our next-door neighbors — drove Sue and me to the International Idelwild airport in New York City…

The strange politics of memorialising the A-Bomb — 740m from the Hypocenter, the spot in Hiroshima above which “Little Boy” detonated, I encountered a Eucalypt that had survived the bombing. Transplanted from the land of my birth, it is a species renowned for its hardiness and known to use fire to propagate; a fitting survivor. I have a…

Winter is a fabulous time to take in the beauty of trees — I always miss those colorful leaves of autumn once they leave the trees looking bare in the colder months. But it’s the evergreen trees which keep me sane through the too soon dark, cloudy, cold and dreary…

Hiroshima and Iwakuni — I really enjoyed Shukkeien on my first visit to Hiroshima so I knew I’d want to come back. This time, instead of Spring it was Autumn and the colours on the smoother glassy water made for brilliant reflections. …