Momote-sai Festival
The Momote-sai on Miyajima is a ritual archery festival that takes place in the forest at Ōmoto Shrine every year on January 20.
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Festivals
Chinkasai Fire Festival
Miyajima’s chinkasai is an impressive fire prevention festival held on New Year’s Eve. From midnight on December 31st, through the
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Join the Sorasaya tondo festival
A great opportunity to take part in one of the year’s best local festivals, for adults and kids alike.
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Hiroshima Prepares For New Year Under Pandemic Shadow
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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New Year In Hiroshima
See out the old, ring in the new; Hiroshima style.
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Winter Illuminations in Hiroshima 2021
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
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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Summer Fireworks Festival Guide
Our guide to as many of the fireworks festivals in the region as we could find!
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Dressing the oxen at the Mibu-no-hanadue ritual rice planting festival
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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Directors Talk Teaching, Collaboration & Inspiration
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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