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GetHiroshimaWestThe Company: Four Generations of Bunkodo Brushmakers of Kumano Ask for directions to “the company” in Kumano, and older residents will point you straight to Bunkodo. It adopted the

September 22

GetHiroshimaWest81 Years On: Hiroshima Marks Anniversary Amid Widening Rift Over Nuclear Policy Hiroshima's 2026 Peace Memorial Ceremony reveals a growing rift between local leaders and PM Takaichi over Japan's nuclear policy.

August 8

GetHiroshimaWestAddress by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the 2026 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony Sanae Takaichi made her first speech as Prime Minister of Japan at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony which commemorated the

August 8

GetHiroshimaWestChildren’s Commitment to Peace, Hiroshima 2026 The children's Commitment to Peace is a speech at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony is often one of the most moving speeches of the commemorative event which is broadcast around the world.

August 8

GetHiroshimaWestHiroshima Peace Declaration on 81st anniversary of atomic bombing Kazumi Matsui delivered his 16th Peace Declaration as mayor of Hiroshima at the 2026 Peace Memorial Ceremony to mark 81 years since the A-bombing.

August 8

GetHiroshimaWestHiroshima Pref. governor Mika Yokota Peace Message 2026 Mika Yokoto delivered her first Peace Message at the 2026 Hiroshima City Peace Memorial Ceremony on August 6, since becoming

August 8

GetHiroshimaWestToo Hot for Fireworks: Hiroshima Festival to Moves to Autumn Too hot for July: Hiroshima Port Fireworks Festival shifts to September from 2027. Here's when to catch the final summer show.

July 22

GetHiroshimaWestCannabis Arrests in Hiroshima Prefecture Hit Record High, Over 70% Under 30 Cannabis-related arrests in Hiroshima Prefecture reached a record 136 people last year, with more than 70% of those arrested under

July 10

GetHiroshimaWestWhat’s on in Hiroshima July 2026 July starts with the wet and humid rainy season and ends with the arrival of summer in full force —

July 5

GetHiroshimaWestPFAS Contamination Found in Hiroshima Drinking Water Wells Hiroshima City has confirmed that groundwater used for drinking in part of the Asaminami area exceeds Japan’s PFAS guideline of

June 8

Day by Day Japan plans a first trip to Japan the way a friend who lives here would: one day at a time, with the trains and the prices written down.

Each route is a real day or weekend: where to go first, how long the walk or the train takes, what the ticket costs and where to eat on the way. Prices come from the operator's or the place's own published fares and carry the date they were checked; where we have not checked a price, the route says so instead of guessing. If it rains, the route has a plan B.

Around the routes sits the week in Japan. Every few hours the site reads the Japanese city and food press and the English-language desks in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka, and puts the places they name on one map. Headlines stay in the language they were written in, every story links to its source, and we quote no more than a line.

The routes and notes are written by one editor under a pen name, Sora Nakamura, drafted with AI assistance from checked material and read before they go out. Day by Day Japan is independent: no advertisers, no affiliate links, no bookings.