Tōkasan Yukata Festival

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

Mantō Mitama Matsuri

Once a year, the spectacle of 100 shrine maidens dancing by lantern light can be seen in the forecourt of

Although the last gasps of winter may make you think otherwise, come late March, spring is just around the corner,

A few tidbits of info that we hope will make your New Year jaunt to Miyajima a memorable one.

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.

Special tour package aims to attract an international contingent to one of Japan’s premiere cycling events held on the Shimanami Kaido.

When the cherry blossoms are pretty much done in the center of Hiroshima there is no need to despair. If

Cherry blossom forecasts are all over the place this year. When can we expect to be chilling under the sakura trees in Hiroshima in 2022?

It’s official, Hiroshima loves bananas more than anywhere else in Japan. The city topped the all important banana consumption charts in 2020.

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