Onomichi Saturday Night Market

Onomichi’s Saturday Night Market (doyou-yomise) is as much festival as shopping expedition. On Saturday nights between June 10 and July 22, the town’s usually quiet shotengai retro shopping arcade buzzes with people buying nik naks and playing traditional festival games.

Best of all, it’s all undercover, making this is a great rainy season option.

It gets particularly colorful from June 23 when the arcade is festooned with tanabata star festival streamers and decorations.