Although many things to do in Hiroshima revolve around the devasting boming during WWII history, this is a city on the rise.

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--About 300 dazzling fireworks lit up the cold winter night near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Itsukushimajinja shrine here on Jan. 14. The pyrotechnics were ...

The island of Miyajima is famous throughout the world as “The Shrine Island.” The island is off the coast of Hiroshima and is ...

HIROSHIMA--When the tram started running again ... As the tram approached a local Gokokujinja, a shrine for the war dead, she would ask her passengers through a microphone to offer a prayer.

While it is usually performed on a small stage on the grounds of a shrine, in Akitakata in Hiroshima Prefecture has a large hall dedicated to year-round kagura performances, and has 22 kagura troupes.