tondo bonfire festival at gokuku shrine hiroshima japan

Tondo Matsuri

Name: Momote-sai
Start: 2022-01-20T11:00:00+09:00
End: 2022-01-20T13:00:00+09:00
Location: Miyajima

January 5, 2021January 26, 2021 jjwalsh 8628 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.

Sorasaya Shrine tondo bonfire festival in Hiroshima, Japan

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Sorasaya Shrine Tondo Festival

January 6, 2017January 17, 2017 Paul Walsh 4078 Views 0 Comment New Year, tondo, Winter

This tondo festival in Honkawa is a nice mix of shrine rite and neighborhood event.

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Miyajima Tondo Festival

January 21, 2013January 14, 2017 Paul Walsh 3327 Views 0 Comment Miyajima, New Year, tondo, Winter

The mound of New Year decorations and previous year’s good luck amulets to be set aflame at Miyajima’s seaside Tondo

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Photos: Tondo Matsuri at Waseda-jinja

January 14, 2012January 12, 2016 jjwalsh 3054 Views 0 Comment matsuri, New Year, tondo, Winter

Just got back from tondo matsuri at our local shrine. It’s quite a local affair, and the old guys let