VOLUME 34
HIROSHIMA
Miyajima Floating Torii, Atomic Bomb Dome & Setouchi Oysters
Abroad, Hiroshima is known for a single morning in August 1945. The Genbaku Dome stands, the Peace Memorial Park keeps its register of names, and the folded cranes at the children's monument are tended with the quiet attention they deserve. This is not a thing to set aside, and it is not the whole prefecture. What else, then. The vermillion O-Torii of Itsukushima rising from the tide on Miyajima, with sika deer in the cedar shadows behind it. Onomichi's hillside lanes climbing past Senkoji and small temples where cats sleep on stone walls. The Shimanami Kaido stepping from island to island over rafts of oyster bamboo and Setouchi lemon groves. Tomonoura's stone joyato lighthouse on its old port quay. Saijo, where brewery chimneys mark a town that has made sake for four centuries. The kagura stages of Geihoku, lit by lanterns, where masked dancers reenact the felling of Yamata-no-Orochi. Forty pages here: an oyster shell, a teppan at an okonomiyaki counter, a kumano calligraphy brush, a paper crane resting on a stone. A prefecture braided between sea and mountain, holding its memory and its harvest in the same hand.
“Torii, tide, hillside lane, page by page.”
- 40 original Hiroshima Prefecture illustrations
- Single-sided pages to prevent bleed-through
- 8.5 x 8.5 inch square format
- A mix of detailed and breathable compositions
- Brief editorial introduction to Hiroshima
- Anyone with an interest in Japan, its culture, and its inland sea
- Adults who use coloring for relaxation and quiet focus
- A considered gift for friends and family with a love of Japan
The Hiroshima coloring book is Volume 34 of Sora Mikami's Prefectures of Japan series, a 47-volume collection that explores Japan one prefecture at a time. It gathers 40 original black-line illustrations of Hiroshima. It draws on Miyajima Floating Torii, Atomic Bomb Dome, and Setouchi Oysters, alongside the everyday scenes Hiroshima considers its own.
You will find Miyajima Floating Torii, Atomic Bomb Dome, and Setouchi Oysters, together with the landmarks, food, and quiet corners that give Hiroshima its character. The compositions move between detailed, intricate pages and calmer, more breathable ones, so there is something for every mood.
Yes. The book mixes detailed illustrations with more open, breathable designs, so beginners and experienced colorists alike can settle in. The large 8.5 x 8.5 inch square pages give you plenty of room to work, and every page is printed single-sided.
Colored pencils, markers, and gel pens all work beautifully. Because every illustration is printed single-sided on white paper, you can use heavier media without bleed-through onto another design. Slip a sheet of card behind the page if you want to be sure.
It is Volume 34 of a planned 47, one book for every Japanese prefecture. The volumes can be coloured in any order, and together they sketch the whole country one place at a time. Hiroshima sits in the Chugoku region of Japan.
