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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Festivals
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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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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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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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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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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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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Toorigosairei Parade
On October 10, around 70,000 people crowded along the narrow road between Hiroshima’s Toshogu and Nigitsu shrines to watch the
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Grand parade resurrected after 200 year hiatus
A grand parade to commemorate the death of one of the 3 great unifiers of Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu, once held
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Summer Fireworks Festival Guide
The summer is long, hot and usually pretty sticky. Beat (or at least embrace) the heat in the way that
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Kintai-kyo Bridge Festival
Every year on April 29 (a National Holiday commemorating the birthday of the Showa Emperor, Hirohito) the Kintai-kyo Bridge Festival
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Cherry Blossoms at The Japan Mint
When the cherry blossoms are pretty much done in the center of Hiroshima there is no need to despair. If
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Saijo Sakagura-dori “Akari-no-sanpo-michi” Illuminations
The streets and buildings in Saijo’s distinctive Sakagura-dori sake brewing district are illuminated by lights, lanterns and candles between 6pm
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Mihara Shinmei-ichi Daruma Festival
Over 500 street stalls selling every imaginable kind of festival food, daruma dolls, a plant and shrub market, daruma dolls,
Read moreInterview with Jim Murphy (PIXAR)
On August 22, day two of the Hiroshima Animation Festival, PIXAR screened the world premier of their new short, “LAVA.”
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2014 Animation Festival Round-up
The Hiroshima International Animation Festival this year was the 15th in Hiroshima and the 30th celebration of creative expression in
Read moreGH Jr Animation Festival Day 1
Japan is well known for its anime. Many Japanese anime have become popular worldwide. However, anime isn’t only Japanese. “Anime”
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GH Jr Animation Festival Kids Workshops
Did you know that if you go up to the fourth floor of the animation festival this year, you can
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30th Hiroshima Animation Festival
This year’s International Animational Festival is particularly special this year as it marks the 30th anniversary (and the 15th to
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Sundance Festival 2014
It was rainy and wet Sundance this year, but it was still a fun festival on Miyajima island. Here are
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Onomichi Gion Festival
Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri in July is one of the largest and most well known festivals in Japan with a month
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