Mibu no Hanadaue, Japan’s Most Spectacular Rice Planting Ritual
Every year on the first Sunday of June, the rolling green hills north of Hiroshima city host one of the
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Tōkasan Yukata Festival
Tōkasan is Hiroshima’s biggest traditional downtown festival. Three days of yukata, street food, dancing, and 400 years of tradition every June.
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Japan baseball’s interleague season is here!
Every year, as the Japanese summer approaches, pro baseball does something a little unusual: For three weeks, it switches things
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750,000 tulips at Sera Kogen Farm
As sakura blossoms fade, the three-quarters of a million tulips in the fields of Sera Kogen Farm come into their own.
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Setsubun: demons, beans, fish heads, sushi and screaming children
On Setsubun people across Japan look forward to spring witb demons, beans, sushi rolls, and stinky fish!
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Tondo Matsuri
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.
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Ebisu Taisai Festival
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.
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Miyajima Kangen-sai
The Kangensai boat festival centered on Itsukushima Shrine is probably Miyjima’s biggest festival of the year.
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Hiroshima Carp Schedule of Home Games
Check out the 2025 Hiroshima Carp schedule so you don’t miss out on one of Japan’s most unique and fun experiences.
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Mihara Shinmei-ichi Daruma Festival
Over 500 street stalls selling every imaginable kind of festival food, daruma dolls, a plant and shrub market, daruma dolls, haunted houses, daruma dolls, open air karaoke competitions, thousands of people, and more daruma dolls, including the biggest in the world.
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