Miyajima Kangen-sai
The Kangensai boat festival centered on Itsukushima Shrine is probably Miyjima’s biggest festival of the year.
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Festivals
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
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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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Sake Matsuri, Japan’s best sake festival is back!
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.
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Onomichi Akari Matsuri
On an autumn evening every October, people flock to Onomichi to wander its picturesque streets decorated with thousands of candles.
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“Dream Fireworks” to light up Hiroshima skies September 9
Fireworks will be launched simultaneously from eight locations around Hiroshima City on September 9.
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Mantō Mitama Matsuri
Once a year, the spectacle of 100 shrine maidens dancing by lantern light can be seen in the forecourt of
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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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Mibu Handaue rice planting festival held in Kita-hiroshima for the first time in 3 years
Mibu Hanadaue rice planting festival, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, was held for the first time in 3 years in Kita-hiroshima, May 5.
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Cherry Blossoms at The Japan Mint
When the cherry blossoms are pretty much done in the center of Hiroshima there is no need to despair. If
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