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Tanabata Tea Ceremony at Shukkei-en Garden
Tea ceremony in Shukkei-en Garden's Seifukan tea house.
Find out more »Kinoe Jyushichi Fireworks Festival
A 5000 blast fireworks display 20:30, brings a day of traditional boat racing to a close.
Find out more »Sumiyoshi-san Summer Festival
Sumiyoshi-san, along with the Tokasan and Ebessan festivals, is one of Hiroshima city's big three annual shrine festivals that have long histories. Sumiyoshi Shrines are dedicated to water gods and Sumiyoshi Shrine is located right next to the river in Sumiyoshi-cho on Route 2. It's a real local festival and the neighborhood streets are lined with the usual festival food and game stalls. Many people visit the shrine over the two days to pray for good health and good fortune.…
Find out more »Miyajima Kangensai
Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima's biggest and most elaborate festival of the year. Elaborately decorated boats leave the shrine in the afternoon and, after making rounds of several coastal shrines, return late at night. Read in more detail about this fascinating festival here.
Find out more »Yoshiwa Summer Festival & Fireworks
Kagura and 2000 fireworks in the mountains of Hatsukaichi-shi. You get a good idea of what the festival is like from this Japanese cable news clip Fireworks: 21:00-21:30
Find out more »Higashino Sumiyoshi Festival
Seaside festival with traditional boat racing and other events. The boats lit with lanterns that reflect in the water around the port is said to look lovely. Fireworks 20:15-20:45
Find out more »Yanai Goldfish Lantern Festival
The route from Yanai Station to the Kanaya old quarter, with its many traditional white-walled storehouses, is decorated with over 2000 red and white paper goldfish lanterns are decorated in town. There are giant goldfish lantern floats, lantern dances, and, of course, a big fireworks display to round everything off. Fireworks: 20:45-21:00
Find out more »Kangetsu Moon Viewing Tea Ceremony
The end of September is the time for "moon viewing" or kangetsu in Japan. A moon viewing tea ceremony is held in Shukkei-en Garden annually at this time. ¥800 for the (more formal) tea ceremony in a tea house (honseki) ¥600 to take tea in the gardens (nodate) The garden admission fee is also required (adults ¥260) or combine your visit with a visit to the adjacent Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum for a discounted entry. Photo: ©Shukkei-en Garden
Find out more »Waseda-jinja Shrine Autumn Festival
Kagura performances on Saturday night and omkoshi portable shrine parades and kids sumo on Sunday in Ushita. Saturday, October 14 From 18:30 Kagura followed by mochi-maki rice cake throwing Sunday, October 15 Mid-morning Omikoshi portable shrine parades around surrrounding neighborhoods 14:00 Kids sumo
Find out more »Chrysanthemum Tea Ceremony at Shukkei-en Garden
As the annual chrysanthemum viewing tea ceremony at Shukkei-en Garden is held on the November 3 Bunka-no-hi or "Culture Day" holiday, entrance to the garden is free. You can experience a tea ceremony in the beautiful Seifukan tea house or opt for the more relaxed outdoor setting. There is also large ornamental chrysanthemum display. Photo: © Shukkei-en Garden
Find out more »Ritual Fire-walking at Daigan-ji Temple, Miyajima
Impressive and elaborate ritual that culminates in priests and members of the public rushing across hot coals in front of Daigan-ji Temple, located at the exit from Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima. For more about and photos and video of this fire-walking ritual click here.
Find out more »Momiji Maple Viewing Tea Ceremony
Momiji maple viewing tea ceremony at Shukkei-en Garden. ¥260 garden entrance fee also required. Photo: ©Shukkei-en Garden
Find out more »Fire walking ritual at Daishoin Temple
Photo: Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer "Hi-watari-shiki" Fire walking ritual takea place at Daishoin Temple on Miyajima twice a year on April 15 and November 15. Readings from the 8000 verse Perfection of Wisdom Sutra begin at 11am and extravagant Saito-goma rituals begin around 1pm in the temple forecourt with a purification offering to the alter and the chanting of sutras. This is followed by two Buddhist monks circling the area with swords and then shooting 7 arrows into the air…
Find out more »Nanakusa-gayu at Tōshō-gū Shrine
300 bowls of the healthy seven-herb rice porridge traditionally eaten on January 7. Available from 11am until they are all gone (¥150 a bowl). Read more about the Nankusa-no-sekku festival here.
Find out more »Mid-winter Swim in front of the A-bomb Dome
Every year on Seijin-no-hi (Coming Of Age Day), a group of swimmers between the ages of 7 and 70 brave the near freezing water of the Motoyasu River in front of the A-bomb Dome to demonstrate Edo era swimming techniques and welcome the new year. More details here.
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