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Festivals

tondo bonfire festival at gokuku shrine hiroshima japan
Features Festivals 

Tondo Matsuri

January 5, 2021January 26, 2021 jjwalsh 8414 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.

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Hiroshima Prepares For New Year Under Pandemic Shadow

December 30, 2020January 8, 2021 GetHiroshima 282 Views 0 Comment Coronavirus, Covid-19, New Year

After gaining a degree of control over the spread of COVID-19 in the autumn, December 2020 has seen a resurgence

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Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

New Year In Hiroshima

December 27, 2019December 30, 2020 Paul Walsh 10914 Views 4 Comments New Year, Winter

See out the old, ring in the new; Hiroshima style.

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Ebessan - Ebisu Festival in Hiroshima
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Ebisu Taisai Festival

November 17, 2019November 22, 2019 Paul Walsh 3909 Views 0 Comment Autumn, Festival, November

Just before winter takes hold, Hiroshima’s city center is taken over by one more colorful festival, all about good fortune,

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Winter Illuminations in Hiroshima

October 22, 2019February 2, 2020 Paul Walsh 14113 Views 0 Comment Illuminations, Winter

Large scale illuminations have become a new winter tradition in Japan. Held all over the country, they certainly brighten up

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Samurai Parade to commemorate 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Asano Clan

September 6, 2019September 15, 2019 GetHiroshima 3095 Views 0 Comment

150 people dressed in period costume parade through Hiroshima city center to commemorate the arrival of the dynasty that ruled Hiroshima for almost 250 years.

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hiroshima summer fireworks festival guide western japan
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Summer Fireworks Festival Guide

June 15, 2019September 2, 2019 Paul Walsh 9102 Views 0 Comment Fireworks, Summer

Our guide to as many of the fireworks festivals in the region as we could find!

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Cows get dressed and decorated before the Mibu-no-hanadaue rice planting festival in Kita-hiroshima Japan
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Dressing the oxen at the Mibu-no-hanadue ritual rice planting festival

June 1, 2019June 9, 2019 Paul Walsh 1784 Views 0 Comment Kita-hiroshiima

The Mibu-no-hanadaue ritual rice planting festival in Chiyoda, Kita-hiroshima, is the largest and most spectacular of many similar festivals held

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Onomichi akari matsuri in Japan
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Onomichi Akari Matsuri

March 14, 2019November 22, 2019 GetHiroshima 3174 Views 0 Comment Autumn, Illuminations, Onomichi

On an autumn evening every October, people flock to Onomichi to wander its picturesque streets decorated with thousands of candles.

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Directors Talk Teaching, Collaboration & Inspiration

September 1, 2018October 12, 2018 jjwalsh 2420 Views 0 Comment 2018 Hiroshima Animation Festival

Stand-out films at the festival for me were the ones with original techniques and story-lines, ones that would stay with

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Pirate night on Innoshima: The Suigun Fire Festival

August 31, 2018September 3, 2018 GetHiroshima 2350 Views 0 Comment shimanami kaido, suigun

Finish of your summer at a spectacular celebration of samurai pirate culture on the beach.

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Animation as Lesson in Patience, Focus & Dedication

August 27, 2018October 12, 2018 jjwalsh 2253 Views 0 Comment 2018 Hiroshima Animation Festival

Another amazing day of insights from artists, directors and story-tellers on how they pursue and find inspiration to create their

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Flower Festival Yosakoi Dance Parade 2018

May 6, 2018August 27, 2018 jjwalsh 2758 Views 0 Comment 2018, flower festival, yosakoi

It was beautiful weather for the Yosakoi dance parade on Children’s Day – May 5th. As always, it was an

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Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals 

The Saigoku Kaido in Shareo

March 1, 2018March 14, 2018 Sponsored post 3046 Views 0 Comment History

The Saigoku Kaido (Saigoku Route/Way/Road), was the main overland thoroughfare between Kyushu and Kyoto between from the 8th century up

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Setsubun: demons, beans, fish heads, sushi and screaming children

February 1, 2018February 13, 2020 Paul Walsh 7176 Views 1 Comment Setsubun, Winter

Although temperatures in early February may make it hard to believe, Setsubun marks the coming of spring. On February 3,

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Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals Food and drink 

Oyster Festivals 2019

January 4, 2018May 26, 2019 GetHiroshima 13844 Views 0 Comment oysters

Yes, the New Year holidays are done and that time of year is now upon us. Yes, it’s oyster season! From

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nanakusa no sekku vegetables
Arts & Entertainment Features Festivals Food and drink 

Nanakusa-no-sekku

December 5, 2017January 6, 2021 Paul Walsh 5473 Views 0 Comment New Year, Winter

“The feast of seven herbs” is a day on which people in Japan customarily eat a healthy seven-herb rice porridge to ensure give the stomach a break from the indulgences of New Year.

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kangetsusai autumn moon viewing at shukkeien garden hiroshima japan
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Autumn moon-viewing at Shukkei-en Garden

October 5, 2017October 25, 2017 Paul Walsh 4158 Views 0 Comment

Scenes from the annual celebratory kangetsu-sai autumn moon-viewing tea ceremonies at Hiroshima’s Shukkei-en Garden.

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satoyama futures expo hiroshima 2017 ひろしま里山未来博
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Live music, handicrafts and cows!

September 12, 2017September 26, 2017 Steve Jarvis 2608 Views 0 Comment

Steve Jarvis introduces a different kind of countryside fair in eastern Hiroshima prefecture.

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Miyajima fireworks festival hiroshima japan
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2017 Miyajima Fireworks Festival

August 27, 2017October 3, 2017 GetHiroshima 3058 Views 0 Comment Fireworks, Summer

Some of our favorite captures of the 2017 Miyajima Fireworks Festival.

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Views of the Miyoshi Fireworks

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 GetHiroshima 2188 Views 0 Comment Fireworks, Summer

A compilation of some of the Instagrams of the 2017 Miyoshi City Fireworks display held on August 19 that caught

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Features Festivals Photos & Video 

August 6, 2017 Hiroshima Day

August 6, 2017October 3, 2017 jjwalsh 4488 Views 0 Comment August 6, Memorial Ceremony, peace park

72 years ago today, US forces dropped a nuclear bomb on the people living, working and studying in Hiroshima. The

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Ji-no-hi matsuri giant umbrella festival in Ohnan in Shimane, Japan
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Ji-no-hi Matsuri Giant Umbrella Festival in Ohnan

May 15, 2017August 27, 2018 Paul Walsh 4115 Views 0 Comment Ohnan, Shimane

The main event of this two day festival is groups of locals charging up and down a narrow street with

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750,000 tulips at Sera Kogen Farm

May 1, 2017May 1, 2017 GetHiroshima 4104 Views 0 Comment

The tulip fileds at Sera Kogen Farm are currently at their best. Many people took advantage of the good weather

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Ujina minato festa hiroshima port festival
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Ujina Port Minato Festa

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 Paul Walsh 3262 Views 0 Comment Ujina

This annual festival in the park in front of Hiroshima Port in Ujina is held early in March over two

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Snowbound tondo festival at Gokoku Shrine, Hiroshima
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Snowy Tondo Festival at Gokoku Shrine

January 17, 2017February 28, 2017 jjwalsh 3661 Views 0 Comment New Year, Winter

Gokoku Shrine’s annual tondo bonfire festival coincided with the biggest snowfall to hit the city in a generation.

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Sorasaya Shrine tondo bonfire festival in Hiroshima, Japan
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Sorasaya Shrine Tondo Festival

January 6, 2017January 17, 2017 Paul Walsh 4022 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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Christmas Illuminations at Hiroshima Botanical Gardens

December 20, 2016January 6, 2017 Paul Walsh 5135 Views 0 Comment Christmas, Illuminations, Winter

The annual “Flower and Light Pageant” illuminations at Hiroshima City Botanical Gardens are some the most Christmassy in the area.

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zombies on the streetcar at yokogawa zombie night in hiroshima
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Yokogawa Zombie Night

October 30, 2016November 8, 2016 GetHiroshima 3366 Views 0 Comment Halloween

Zombie fun in Yokogawa at the second Zombie Night via he wonder of Instagram. The horror continues from 12 noon

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Kirikushi Okagensan

July 15, 2016September 2, 2019 Paul Walsh 3829 Views 0 Comment Etajima, Summer

There are several local festivals linked to Itsukushima’s annual Kangensai rituals. One of these is the Kirikushi Okagensan festival. Kirikushi

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New Year at Gokoku Shrine

December 31, 2021 - January 3, 2022
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