Ekinishi (“west of station”) is a small neighbourhood just west of Hiroshima Station that is full of trendy bars and restaurants and really comes alive at night.
Every city looks different at night compared to daytime. The area around Hiroshima Station comes ablaze with street lights and neon, except for one area.
Ekinishi is all that remains of post war Hiroshima. After the atomic bomb flattened the city, many people who had lost everything moved to the area around Hiroshima Station to rebuild, and over time a maze of narrow streets and shops developed around the station. Over time, these have been replaced by tall hotels and huge shopping centres, but this tiny enclave remains.
Today, it is full of trendy bars, restaurants and boutique shops that really come alive at night.
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Chris Tham is a co-founder of Visual Voyager Pty Ltd, the Principal Voigtländer Ambassador for Mainline Photographics and a Workshop Instructor for Mainline Photo Academy.
She brings over 35 years of experience as a photographer to her role, starting with a Yashica rangefinder belonging to her dad, joining the Photography Club in school, and developing her own photos.
More recently, Chris has been taking photos during her travels, and as a result has experienced some of the most interesting places in the world.
Chris focuses on nature, street, and urban architecture subjects in her photography.
