Joy in Hiroshima - Travel Hiroshima as a local would.

Travel Hiroshima
as a local would.

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We are a group of international and local Japanese who live in and love Hiroshima. Our mission is to help visitors to our city enjoy it as much as we do.

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@Michael Farrell

Michael Farrell is a reporter and editor who began traveling the world in 2010. His publishing career started in New England, first at the Gloucester Daily Times and later as a copy editor with bouti…

Michael Farrell is a reporter and editor who bega…

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@Kevin Peng

Kevin has been a proud Hiroshimarian since the spring of 2015. He currently works as a freelance language instructor for schools and clients all over Hiroshima city, having taught or assisted in Engl…

Kevin has been a proud Hiroshimarian since the sp…

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@ume_gourmet

I am a Hiroshima-based food influencer with over 500,000 followers, operating the largest gourmet account in the region. Through my platform, I introduce Hiroshima’s vibrant culinary scene — from the…

I am a Hiroshima-based food influencer with over …

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@hiroshima_lunchsan

I am Yudai Aomatsu, the manager of the Hiroshima Gourmet project. Born in 1998, I started this account in 2022. Currently I have accounts on multiple SNS platforms including Instagram, YouTube, and T…

I am Yudai Aomatsu, the manager of the Hiroshima …

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@Bryan Bourdeyron

I came to Japan as a French exchange student, to study one year in Tokyo, but due to the current situation, I started living in Hiroshima from February 2020. I obviously knew the city because of what…

I came to Japan as a French exchange student, to …

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@Regina Yamada

Hi! My name’s Regina Yamada, and I’m a Psychology graduate from the University of the Philippines. After graduating, I moved to Hiroshima to study Nihongo, so I’m a student on the weekdays and an adv…

Hi! My name’s Regina Yamada, and I’m a Psychology…

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@Miya Nishio

I currently run a volunteering organization called FROGs that travels around Japan to bring English speaking opportunities to students in local high schools (frogstokyo.jp). Our main objective is to …

I currently run a volunteering organization calle…

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@Sage Panter

Sage Panter is a freelance writer, the author of the webcomic Faith in the West, and an English teacher. She was born in Socorro, New Mexico, U.S.A but she has lived in several other states and count…

Sage Panter is a freelance writer, the author of …

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@Kent Tetsuhide Okamura

Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i. My mother was born and raised in Hiroshima so I have had a connection with Hiroshima since I was a child. I moved to Hiroshima 6 years ago and participated…

Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i. My mo…

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@John Bryndal

Coming from a mid-sized city in the United States, I lived once near Tokyo and the sheer number of people made me crazy. Then I came to Hiroshima. City enough to have everything, but small town enou…

Coming from a mid-sized city in the United State…

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@Netanya Fink

I’m Netanya, a wife and mother of two who’s been living in Hiroshima since 2016. Out of all the places I’ve called home, from the United States to South Korea and Costa Rica, Hiroshima is my favorite…

I’m Netanya, a wife and mother of two who’s been …

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@Julien M. Lamberto

My name’s Julien Lamberto. I’ve been working in Hiroshima on various projects for the past two and a half years. I have recently started venturing into travel blogging. Please feel free to follow me …

My name’s Julien Lamberto. I’ve been working in H…

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@Robert Maximo Parker

I’m a Canadian writer, English teacher, photographer, and content creator who has been living in Hiroshima since 2019. I came to Japan in 2017, and after two years of living in Osaka I moved to…

I’m a Canadian writer, English teacher, pho…

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@Tom Southerton

“Musician from UK, moved to Hiroshima 2011, opened Hiroshima Guesthouse 2014. My moments of joy come from the local nature, like the rivers and mountains in Hiroshima.”

“Musician from UK, moved to Hiroshima 2011,…

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@William P. White

I am from the USA originally. I studied psychology in college; served as a Russian linguist in the U.S. Navy; worked as a college administrator/counselor; ran a computer learning center; worked as an…

I am from the USA originally. I studied psycholog…

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@Charlie Napier

Charlie first came to Japan in 1996, and has been living here, on and off, ever since. He moved to Hiroshima in August 2020, in order to enrol his son in the fantastic Hiroshima International School.…

Charlie first came to Japan in 1996, and has been…

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