All you need to know to fully appreciate Hiroshima’s Dreamination lights
Hiroshima’s illumination extravaganza starts tonight when thousands of colored LEDs stretching about 2km in total length and fashioned into some
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Festivals
Inoko Daifuku Festa, 2013
After something of a strange precursor to the main event the previous day, it was with some trepidation that I headed
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Inoko Daifuku Festa Day 1
Tonight, I went to take a look at how the Inoko Daifuku Festa space in Fukuromachi Park is looking. The
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Fire Walking Ritual at Daigan-ji Temple, Miyajima
Every year on the November 3 ‘Culture Day’ holiday, an impressive fire walking ritual takes place in the forecourt of
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Inoko Daifuku Festa
Fukuromachi Park in central Hiroshima city is transformed into a art massive installation this weekend as an impressive festival that
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Kagura at Shirakami-san Aki Matsuri
Yesterday was the first day of the annual Shirakami-san aki matsuri autumn festivalat Shirakami Shrine in downtown Hiroshima city. As always
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Shirakami-san Aki Matsuri Autumn Festival
Shirakami Shrine, located right downtown on a busy intersection on Peace Boulevard next to the ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel, is
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Chushu-no-meigetsu – night of the harvest moon
We are enjoying a beautiful akibare clear blue autumn sky today, perfect conditions for viewing tonight’s full moon. Tonight’s full
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Kintaikyo Fireworks Festival
Although not in Hiroshima, our near neighbours in Yamaguchi have the beautiful humped bridge of Kintaikyo that hosts a fantastic
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Hiroden Streetcar Festival
Every year, for one Sunday in early June, the Hiroshima Electric Railway Co, Ltd., or Hiroden as it is locally
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