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.
Read moreHuge 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.
Read moreAfter gaining a degree of control over the spread of COVID-19 in the autumn, December 2020 has seen a resurgence
Read moreSee out the old, ring in the new; Hiroshima style.
Read moreJust before winter takes hold, Hiroshima’s city center is taken over by one more colorful festival, all about good fortune,
Read moreLarge scale illuminations have become a new winter tradition in Japan. Held all over the country, they certainly brighten up
Read more150 people dressed in period costume parade through Hiroshima city center to commemorate the arrival of the dynasty that ruled Hiroshima for almost 250 years.
Read moreOur guide to as many of the fireworks festivals in the region as we could find!
Read moreThe Mibu-no-hanadaue ritual rice planting festival in Chiyoda, Kita-hiroshima, is the largest and most spectacular of many similar festivals held
Read moreOn an autumn evening every October, people flock to Onomichi to wander its picturesque streets decorated with thousands of candles.
Read moreStand-out films at the festival for me were the ones with original techniques and story-lines, ones that would stay with
Read moreFinish of your summer at a spectacular celebration of samurai pirate culture on the beach.
Read moreAnother amazing day of insights from artists, directors and story-tellers on how they pursue and find inspiration to create their
Read moreIt was beautiful weather for the Yosakoi dance parade on Children’s Day – May 5th. As always, it was an
Read moreThe Saigoku Kaido (Saigoku Route/Way/Road), was the main overland thoroughfare between Kyushu and Kyoto between from the 8th century up
Read moreAlthough temperatures in early February may make it hard to believe, Setsubun marks the coming of spring. On February 3,
Read moreYes, the New Year holidays are done and that time of year is now upon us. Yes, it’s oyster season! From
Read more“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.
Read moreScenes from the annual celebratory kangetsu-sai autumn moon-viewing tea ceremonies at Hiroshima’s Shukkei-en Garden.
Read moreSteve Jarvis introduces a different kind of countryside fair in eastern Hiroshima prefecture.
Read moreSome of our favorite captures of the 2017 Miyajima Fireworks Festival.
Read moreA compilation of some of the Instagrams of the 2017 Miyoshi City Fireworks display held on August 19 that caught
Read more72 years ago today, US forces dropped a nuclear bomb on the people living, working and studying in Hiroshima. The
Read moreThe main event of this two day festival is groups of locals charging up and down a narrow street with
Read moreThe tulip fileds at Sera Kogen Farm are currently at their best. Many people took advantage of the good weather
Read moreThis annual festival in the park in front of Hiroshima Port in Ujina is held early in March over two
Read moreGokoku Shrine’s annual tondo bonfire festival coincided with the biggest snowfall to hit the city in a generation.
Read moreThis tondo festival in Honkawa is a nice mix of shrine rite and neighborhood event.
Read moreThe annual “Flower and Light Pageant” illuminations at Hiroshima City Botanical Gardens are some the most Christmassy in the area.
Read moreZombie fun in Yokogawa at the second Zombie Night via he wonder of Instagram. The horror continues from 12 noon
Read moreThere are several local festivals linked to Itsukushima’s annual Kangensai rituals. One of these is the Kirikushi Okagensan festival. Kirikushi
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