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Arts & Entertainment

Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima on a sunny day
Featured Sports 

Hiroshima Carp Baseball Preseason Starts in March

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Paul Walsh 158 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima Carp

Tickets for 6 of Hiroshima Carp’s 2021 preseason baseball games to be held at Mazda Stadium go on sale at 10am on February 24.

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tondo bonfire festival at gokuku shrine hiroshima japan
Features Festivals 

Tondo Matsuri

January 5, 2021January 26, 2021 jjwalsh 8452 Views 0 Comment New Year, tondo, Winter

Huge bonfires snap, crackle and pop around Hiroshima in the middle of January, sending the hope and dreams embodied in the past year’s votive goods and new year decorations up to the heavens.

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Features Festivals 

Hiroshima Prepares For New Year Under Pandemic Shadow

December 30, 2020January 8, 2021 GetHiroshima 300 Views 0 Comment Coronavirus, Covid-19, New Year

After gaining a degree of control over the spread of COVID-19 in the autumn, December 2020 has seen a resurgence

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Arts & Entertainment Features 

Online Winter Kagura Festival

December 14, 2020January 2, 2021 GetHiroshima 343 Views 0 Comment kagura

Xmas is coming early for fans of Hiroshima Kagura around the world.

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Jinrin performed by the Kawakita Kagura Troupe
Arts & Entertainment Featured Features 

Hiroshima Kagura refuses to succumb to the coronavirus demon

November 17, 2020January 5, 2021 Paul Walsh 771 Views 0 Comment

In response to COVID-19, Hiroshima Kagura goes online to share the thrilling traditional performance art form with the world.

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Arts & Entertainment Features 

Local Creators T-shirt Project

September 25, 2020September 29, 2020 Paul Walsh 504 Views 0 Comment

The Local Creators T-shirt Project aims to give a boost to Hiroshima creatives and give the rest of us something to smile about.

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Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

New Year In Hiroshima

December 27, 2019December 30, 2020 Paul Walsh 10951 Views 4 Comments New Year, Winter

See out the old, ring in the new; Hiroshima style.

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Seeking Sustainability Monthly Events
Events Features Lifestyle Sustainability-Focused Products & Services 

Seeking Sustainability Monthly Events

December 9, 2019December 24, 2019 jjwalsh 1270 Views 0 Comment Hiroshima city, sustainability

“Seeking Sustainability” Monthly Events started in October 2019 with the aim of promoting positive successes in sustainable businesses, products, services,

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Arts & Entertainment Features 

Christmas in Hiroshima

December 2, 2019December 27, 2019 Paul Walsh 1726 Views 0 Comment Christmas, Winter

Christmas is big in Japan. Kind of.

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Ebessan - Ebisu Festival in Hiroshima
Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

Ebisu Taisai Festival

November 17, 2019November 22, 2019 Paul Walsh 3925 Views 0 Comment Autumn, Festival, November

Just before winter takes hold, Hiroshima’s city center is taken over by one more colorful festival, all about good fortune,

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Features Festivals 

Winter Illuminations in Hiroshima

October 22, 2019February 2, 2020 Paul Walsh 14146 Views 0 Comment Illuminations, Winter

Large scale illuminations have become a new winter tradition in Japan. Held all over the country, they certainly brighten up

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Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

Samurai Parade to commemorate 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Asano Clan

September 6, 2019September 15, 2019 GetHiroshima 3117 Views 0 Comment

150 people dressed in period costume parade through Hiroshima city center to commemorate the arrival of the dynasty that ruled Hiroshima for almost 250 years.

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Features Performing Arts 

Teens Slay at Kagura Koshien Event

August 28, 2019September 7, 2019 jjwalsh 1397 Views 0 Comment Akitakata, kagura

Kagura Koshien brings together high school traditional dance troupes from around the country for two days of friendly competition at

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hiroshima summer fireworks festival guide western japan
Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

Summer Fireworks Festival Guide

June 15, 2019September 2, 2019 Paul Walsh 9127 Views 0 Comment Fireworks, Summer

Our guide to as many of the fireworks festivals in the region as we could find!

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Features Lifestyle Museums & Attractions Performing Arts 

Momiji-gari – the Demon’s Momiji Viewing Drinking Party Trap – Kagura Performance

June 10, 2019September 2, 2019 jjwalsh 2175 Views 0 Comment An Evening of Kagura, kagura

After the Tokasan Yukata festival, I enjoyed Kagura storytelling at its best performed by the Uegouchi Kagura Troupe on June

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Cows get dressed and decorated before the Mibu-no-hanadaue rice planting festival in Kita-hiroshima Japan
Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

Dressing the oxen at the Mibu-no-hanadue ritual rice planting festival

June 1, 2019June 9, 2019 Paul Walsh 1795 Views 0 Comment Kita-hiroshiima

The Mibu-no-hanadaue ritual rice planting festival in Chiyoda, Kita-hiroshima, is the largest and most spectacular of many similar festivals held

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Arts & Entertainment Features 

Limited Art Showing at Shamijima

May 19, 2019May 26, 2019 jjwalsh 1649 Views 0 Comment daytrip, Setouchi Triennale Art Festival, shamijima, Shikoku

A 2 hours drive away from Hiroshima is the island of Shamijima, just across the impressive Seto Ohashi bridge that

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Arts & Entertainment Features Performing Arts 

Yamata-no-Orochi: Here There Be Snake Demons

April 5, 2019May 26, 2019 Hiroshima Food Snob 2220 Views 0 Comment kagura

Let’s get one thing straight: I’ve seen quite a lot of kagura. But for some reason, I had never seen

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Onomichi akari matsuri in Japan
Arts & Entertainment Festivals 

Onomichi Akari Matsuri

March 14, 2019November 22, 2019 GetHiroshima 3193 Views 0 Comment Autumn, Illuminations, Onomichi

On an autumn evening every October, people flock to Onomichi to wander its picturesque streets decorated with thousands of candles.

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Arts & Entertainment Features 

Gazetteer: Taiji Matsue Exhibition

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Leela Watt 1496 Views 0 Comment

The captivating exhibition, titled gazetteer, is the first retrospective of Taiji Matsue’s photographic prints. The exhibition encompasses his early work,

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Features Iwakuni Kids Lifestyle Performing Arts 

Young Americans 2019 Workshops

January 22, 2019May 20, 2019 jjwalsh 2233 Views 0 Comment dance, events, performance, workshop, young americans

If your kids love to sing and dance, and generally run around like crazy, then this event may be just

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an evening of kagura - english kagura experience in hiroshima japan
Arts & Entertainment 

Lost and Found in Translation: Bringing Kagura to an International Audience

January 20, 2019May 26, 2019 Hiroshima Food Snob 2202 Views 0 Comment kagura

Rachel Nicholson writes about her part in helping non-Japanese speakers gain a deeper appreciation of Hiroshima kagura.

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Tsuchigumo by the Higashimayama Kagura Troupe in Hiroshima
Arts & Entertainment Features 

An Evening of Kagura Returns to Take Center Stage

December 7, 2018March 17, 2019 Hiroshima Food Snob 8242 Views 0 Comment englishkagura, kagura

After a month-long hiatus, An Evening of Kagura is back and better than ever in a new home.

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Arts & Entertainment Features 

Making traditional higashi sweets & sake tasting

December 3, 2018April 23, 2020 Paul Walsh 1702 Views 0 Comment

An evening of kimono, wagashi sweet making and sake stating at Hiroshima Museum of Art.

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Arts & Entertainment Features Sports 

Hansa Class World Cup 2018

October 9, 2018November 17, 2018 Leela Watt 2316 Views 0 Comment

Final Preparations are underway for the Hansa Class World Cup 2018, that will be held at Hiroshima Kannon Marina from October 12 to 18.

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Arts & Entertainment Features Performing Arts 

An Evening of Kagura: The Tale of the Poet-Warrior General

September 3, 2018October 12, 2018 Annelise Giseburt 2341 Views 0 Comment kagura

Annelise Giseburt watches Heian warriors take on an acrobatic chimeric beast at the English Kagura Experience.

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Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

Directors Talk Teaching, Collaboration & Inspiration

September 1, 2018October 12, 2018 jjwalsh 2436 Views 0 Comment 2018 Hiroshima Animation Festival

Stand-out films at the festival for me were the ones with original techniques and story-lines, ones that would stay with

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Features Festivals 

Pirate night on Innoshima: The Suigun Fire Festival

August 31, 2018September 3, 2018 GetHiroshima 2361 Views 0 Comment shimanami kaido, suigun

Finish of your summer at a spectacular celebration of samurai pirate culture on the beach.

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Arts & Entertainment Cinema Features 

17th Hiroshima International Animation Festival Prize Winners

August 27, 2018October 12, 2018 GetHiroshima 3377 Views 0 Comment 2018 Hiroshima Animation Festival, Animation

Grand Prize The Blissful Accidental Death A man finds a drawing in an antique shop with a secret love letter

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Arts & Entertainment Exhibitions Features 

Ghibli Magic at the Prefectural Art Museum

August 27, 2018October 12, 2018 Hana Shiraishi 2343 Views 0 Comment ghibli

Christmas in the middle the hot Japanese summer, courtesy of Studio Ghibli.

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Sun 07

The 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Art & Crafts Exhibition

February 17 - March 7
Sun 07

Hiroshima Carp vs Yakult Swallows Preseason Game

March 7 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sun 07

Hiroshima Kagura Livestream (with English Subtitles)

March 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Fri 12

Hiroshima Carp vs Nippon Ham Fighters Preseason Game

March 12 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sat 13

The Club Rocks

March 13 @ 9:00 pm - 5:00 am
Sun 14

Ultra Haze

March 14 @ 9:00 pm - 3:00 am
Sun 21

Hiroshima Toyo Carp vs Softbank Hawks Preseason Game

March 21 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Sun 28

[CANCELED] Kiyomori Festival

March 28 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
May 05

[Canceled] MCAS Iwakuni Friendship Day

May 5 @ 7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Dec 31

New Year at Gokoku Shrine

December 31, 2021 - January 3, 2022

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