2014 Animation Festival Round-up
The Hiroshima International Animation Festival this year was the 15th in Hiroshima and the 30th celebration of creative expression in
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Festivals
GH Jr Animation Festival Day 1
Japan is well known for its anime. Many Japanese anime have become popular worldwide. However, anime isn’t only Japanese. “Anime”
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GH Jr Animation Festival Kids Workshops
Did you know that if you go up to the fourth floor of the animation festival this year, you can
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30th Hiroshima Animation Festival
This year’s International Animational Festival is particularly special this year as it marks the 30th anniversary (and the 15th to
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Sundance Festival 2014
It was rainy and wet Sundance this year, but it was still a fun festival on Miyajima island. Here are
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Onomichi Gion Festival
While Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri, held every July, is one of Japan’s best-known festivals, the port town of Onomichi also holds
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Ritual Rice Planting at Shukkei-en Garden
Since its designation as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2011, the Mibu-no-Hanadaue ritual rice planting re-enactment held
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Enthusiastic video report from the 2014 Flower Festival
We found this great video guide of this year’s Flower Festival by a super-cute and bubbly international university student in
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Yosakoi よさこい Dance Parade
The last day of the 2014 Flower Festival kicked off with the colorful Yosakoi Dance Parade. Here are some of
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Kiyomori Matsuri Festival
Every year in March, a Heian costume parade is held on Miyajima to give thanks to Taira no Kiyomori who
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