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Yanai Goldfish Festival is tonight! Super colorful, super fun!! 🚃 ⇨ Yanai in Yamaguchi Prefecture It's about 90 minutes to Yanai by local train from Hiroshima Station. Get off at Yanai Station and follow the fish!

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If you are looking to experience the atmosphere of a Hiroshima Carp baseball game, KLOOK still has tickets for their Aug 16 game against vs Hanshin Tigers, and lots of availability for the 3-game series vs Chunichi Dragons (Aug 18-20), and vs Yokohama Baystars and Yakult Swallows (Aug 25-28 & 30).

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Hiroshima's Family Pool has opened for its final season before it closes for redevelopment. The pool, located between Hiroshima Gate Park and Edion Peace Wing Stadium, opened in 1979, and although much-loved, it is showing its age and will close on August 31. gethiroshima.com/lifestyle/fa...

Family Pool: Outdoor Swimming in Hiroshima City Center

This outdoor swimming pool in the center of Hiroshima City can be a life saver during the height of the long, hot and humid summer.

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Beyond kindergarten gates, Tanabata barely registers in Hiroshima city — a shame, since it's such a colorful little festival. For decorations, head to Onomichi's covered shopping arcade, especially July 11 & 18, the last two Saturday Night Markets of the year. 🎋

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A 69-year-old man was arrested at a sports gym in Hiroshima for repeatedly punching someone in the face while saying, "Do you want to get hurt?" and demanding that they beg for forgiveness. However, bystanders intervened, and the attempt (to get him to beg for forgiveness?) was unsuccessful.

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🐆 Big news from Asa Zoo: four cheetah cubs born overnight — the first cheetah births in the zoo's history! Proud parents are mum Lucy, who moved to Hiroshima from Yamaguchi back in February, and dad Zirco. Sexes and weights still TBC, and the zoo says more cubs may yet arrive!

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