ED2000 back in Hiroshima
Catch Berlin DJ ED2000 in two very different venues in Hiroshima this week.
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Arts & Entertainment
Ji-no-hi Matsuri Giant Umbrella Festival in Ohnan
The main event of this two day festival is groups of locals charging up and down a narrow street with
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Hiroshima Fusion Unite: In Memoriam
Once upon a time, there was an indie hip-hop group called Hiroshima Fusion Unite, and boy did it have potential.
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750,000 tulips at Sera Kogen Farm
The tulip fileds at Sera Kogen Farm are currently at their best. Many people took advantage of the good weather
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Wednesday Night Kagura
Spectacular folk art for the masses, every week in Hiroshima city center. [日本語]
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Moon Viewing at the Okuda Genso-Sayume Art Museum
Earlier this month, I heard that the Okuda Genso-Sayume Art Museum in Miyoshi is a great place to view the
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How to check Hiroshima Carp seat availability at Mazda Stadium
The Carp are sold out for most of the 2017 season, so how do you find out what seats are
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Sakagura Art Festival in Saijo
With some advance knowledge, this week’s Sakagura Art Festival can enhance a visit to “sake town” Saijo.
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Ujina Port Minato Festa
This annual festival in the park in front of Hiroshima Port in Ujina is held early in March over two
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Oyster Festivals 2017
Yes, the New Year holidays are done and that time of year is now upon us. Yes, it’s oyster season! From
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Snowy Tondo Festival at Gokoku Shrine
Gokoku Shrine’s annual tondo bonfire festival coincided with the biggest snowfall to hit the city in a generation.
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Sorasaya Shrine Tondo Festival
This tondo festival in Honkawa is a nice mix of shrine rite and neighborhood event.
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Christmas Illuminations at Hiroshima Botanical Gardens
The annual “Flower and Light Pageant” illuminations at Hiroshima City Botanical Gardens are some the most Christmassy in the area.
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2016 winter holiday movies
Rediscover the magic of the cinema this holiday season.
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Magical Art Museum: Wonderland of Light
If you are looking for a fun trip out of the city that the kids will love over the winter
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Winter Illuminations in Hiroshima
Large scale illuminations have become a new winter tradition in Japan. Held all over the country, they certainly brighten up
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Yokogawa Zombie Night
Zombie fun in Yokogawa at the second Zombie Night via he wonder of Instagram. The horror continues from 12 noon
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Kirikushi Okangensan
There are several local festivals linked to Itsukushima’s annual Kangensai rituals. One of these is the Kirikushi Okangensan festival. Kirikushi
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Tanabata Illuminations at Shukkei-en
For a week up until the annual tanabata star festival on July 7, Shukkei-en Garden created a blue milky way out
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Yukata de Bon Dance
Although the focus of Hiroshima city’s most festive festival, the 3-day Tōkasan “Yukata” Festival, is ostensibly Enruji Temple, aka Tōkasan,
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Shima Akari Miyajima Illuminations
The island of Miyajima is a lovely place to visit at any time of the year and any time of
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Miyajima ‘Koji-meguri’ Temple x Art Walk
While Miyajima is best known for Itsukushima Shrine, the temples of Daigan-ji which is next to the shrine and sprawling
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Setouchi Triennale 2016
The Setouchi Triennale has become one of Japan’s major art festivals and the first installment of the 2016 event takes
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Setsubun at Sumiyoshi Shrine
Many people from surrounding neighborhoods gather at the riverside Sumiyoshi Shrine on the afternoon of February 3 to commemorate Setsubun.
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Deep Hiroshima Wabi-Sabi Sextertainment Tour
A few weeks ago on a Saturday night, I was sitting at home, drink in hand, scanning the GetHiroshima website
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Bihoku Hillside Park Winter Illuminations
With a total of around 700,000 colorful LEDs lighting up the natural setting of the expansive Bihoku Hillside Park in
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New Year In Hiroshima
New Year is undoubtedly Japan’s most important – and longest – festival. However, in most of the country, you’ll disappointed
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Hokusai and Riviere: Thirty-six Views Compared and the Hokusai Manga
If the hugely popular Kuniyoshi Utagawa exhibition recently held at the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum whet your appetite for ukiyo-e
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Yokogawa Zombie Night
I’m a big fan of zombies, whether they be on screen, in comic books or chasing you in a fun
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Zombie Season at Yokogawa Cinema
As part of Yokogawa’s Zombie Night festivities in the run up to and over Halloween weekend, the fiercly independent Yokogawa
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