Kagura & World Food Festival

Hiroshima Kagura goes global, in Miyoshi this weekend.

Hiroshima Food Festival

Around 130 food stalls hawking food products from around the prefecture for two days around Hiroshima Castle.

Local oysters are in season so it’s all about the oysters at this mid-winter event in Kure. You can try

Sumiyoshi-san, along with the Tokasan and Ebessan festivals, is one of Hiroshima city’s big three annual shrine festivals that have

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Held every year for three days starting on the first Friday of June, Tōkasan [とうかさん] is the most festive of

Two nights of Hiroshima Kagura performances, street stalls and wishes for good fortune on Peace Boulevard.

The annual Sake Matsuri, held over 2 days in the brewing district of Saijo in Higashi Hiroshima, has to be the best sake festival in Japan.

Hiroshima’s city center is taken over by one more colorful festival before winter. Ebisu Matsuri is all about good fortune, cash and bamboo rakes.

The Momote-sai on Miyajima is a ritual archery festival that takes place in the forest at Ōmoto Shrine every year on January 20.

Miyajima’s chinkasai is an impressive fire prevention festival held on New Year’s Eve. From midnight on December 31st, through the