17th Hiroshima International Animation Festival Prize Winners
Grand Prize The Blissful Accidental Death A man finds a drawing in an antique shop with a secret love letter
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Features
Ghibli Magic at the Prefectural Art Museum
Christmas in the middle the hot Japanese summer, courtesy of Studio Ghibli.
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Animation as Lesson in Patience, Focus & Dedication
Another amazing day of insights from artists, directors and story-tellers on how they pursue and find inspiration to create their
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17th Hiroshima International Animation Festival
The 17th International Animation Festival in Japan – Hiroshima 2018 is on!
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Kintai Bridge Fireworks 2018
A selection of great Instagrams from this year’s Kintai Bridge Fireworks Festival.
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Volunteering (Kuchita) 1 Month After the Disaster
On the first Saturday of August, we volunteered once again at the Kuchita area of Asa-kita-ku. Thanks to NHK World,
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Asa-Kita-Ku (Shiraki) Volunteering
About a 40 minute drive from Hiroshima station in the Asa-kita-ku suburbs of Hiroshima, the town of Shiraki is accepting
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Cultural day trip to Hofu
Join us on a day trip to Hofu in Yamaguchi and get cultured while you get paid!
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An Evening of Kagura with the web-shooting ‘Earth Spider’
Long-time kagura fan Matt Mangham finally gets to know just what is going on stage.
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Ninoshima Volunteering
If you have a little more time in a day to volunteer to help with the #hiroshima #cleanup after the
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2 Hour Volunteering at Kuchita (Asa-Kita-ku) Hiroshima
If you are keen to volunteer to help landslide clean-up in Hiroshima, even for only a couple of hours, a
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Hiroshima Landslide Volunteering 5-Point Guide
It’s wonderful that so many people are interested in volunteering to help local communities pick-up the pieces to rebuild their
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Hiroshima Heavy Rains, Floods and Landslides Disaster
As many have heard, or know of first hand, Hiroshima along with many other areas from Kyoto to Kyushu have
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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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Hiroshima Beach Clean Up
2018 is a great year to start making a dent in the plastic garbage problem in our seas. There is
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Flower Festival Yosakoi Dance Parade 2018
It was beautiful weather for the Yosakoi dance parade on Children’s Day – May 5th. As always, it was an
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Samurai Ninja Theatre
A delightfully kitsch show with samurai, ninja, shrine maidens, rock music and flashing lights.
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An Evening of Kagura English Kagura Experience
An excellent opportunity to gain a deeper appreciation of Hiroshima’s most entertaining folk art.
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Takiyasha-hime
A look at the origins and story of this staple of the repertoire of the Kagura troupes of northern Hiroshima.
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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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FISE Action Sports World Series
3 days of action sports in downtown Hiroshima.
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Onomichi Akari Matsuri
On an autumn evening every October, people flock to Onomichi to wander its picturesque streets decorated with thousands of candles.
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The Saigoku Kaido in Shareo
The Saigoku Kaido (Saigoku Route/Way/Road), was the main overland thoroughfare between Kyushu and Kyoto between from the 8th century up
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Tempura Tenko Honten
Tempura is the most underrated of Japanese foods.
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Setsubun: demons, beans, fish heads, sushi and screaming children
Although temperatures in early February may make it hard to believe, Setsubun marks the coming of spring. On February 3,
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Organza 10th Anniversary Month
10 years is a good chunk of time to be doing anything, but it takes a particular tenacity to keep
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Yuki’s kakashi scarecrow village
“Scarecrow (kakashi) villages” around Japan, mostly notably Nagoro in Shikoku, been getting a fair bit of attention on the world
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An evening at Hina-no-ryotei Jigozen
Many of Japan’s best restaurants are not listed in guidebooks; my favorite local restaurant is ichigen-san okotowari style, which translates
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Carp-boya doormat
Seems like this doormat featuring the much-loved Carp-boya mascot would be something rival fans might like to purchase….
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Oyster Festivals 2019
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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