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  • Setsubun-sai at Gokoku-jinja

    Gokoku-jinja Shrine 2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    In addition to tossing out beans, rice cakes, and snacks, Gokoku Shrine's Setsubun includes ritual archery .

    Free
  • Setsubun-sai at Sorasaya Shrine, Hiroshima

    Sorasaya-jinja Shrine 3-3-2 Honkawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan

    Annual mame-maki throwing out of good luck beans and other goodies to commemorate Setsubun at Sorasaya Shrine.

    Free
  • Mihara Daruma Festival (Shinmei-ichi)

    During the 3-day Mihara Daruma Festival the streets are taken over by stalls selling lucky daruma dolls and every kind of festival food you can imagine. The pride of Mihara is also on display, the nation's biggest daruma doll which weighs in at a couple of hundred kilograms.

    Free
  • Kiyomori Festival

    Miyajima Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    The annual samurai parade through the streets of Miyajima and Itsukushima Shrine.

    Free
  • Onomichi Port Festival

    Onomichi Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    Onomichi gets into the Golden Week spirit, ahead of the main event with a big, but very local, festival, featuring traditional and modern dance, family-friendly events, and lots of food stalls.

    Free
  • Kintaikyo Bridge Festival

    Iwakuni Kintaikyo Bridge 1 Iwakuni, Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan

    The annual Kintai Bridge Festival in Iwakuni is an excellent way to kick off your Golden Week.

    Free
  • Tea harvesting and tea ceremony

    Shukkeien Garden 2-11 Kaminobori-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    Ritual tea picking in traditional garb at Shukkeien Garden.

    ¥260 – ¥600
  • Ji-no-hi Matsuri

    Asuna Ohnan-cho, Ochi-gun, Shimane-ken, Japan

    Frenetic and colorful countryside festival that involves groups of locals charging up and down a narrow street carrying huge umbrellas.

    Free
  • Mantō Mitama Matsuri

    Gokoku-jinja Shrine 2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    100 shrine maidens dance to soothe the souls of those lost to war and to wish for a good match at Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine. Kagura too!

    Free
  • Tomo Bentenjima Fireworks Festival

    Tomo-no-ura Tomo, Tomo-cho, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    Tomo Bentenjima Fireworks Festival in the quaint port town of Tomo-no-ura kicks off the years's summer's fireworks festivals!

    Free
  • Mibu-no-Hanadaue Traditional Rice Planting Ritual

    Mibu Kitahiroshima-cho, Yamagata-gun, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    Mibu-no-hanadaue is a revived rice planting ritual that dates back to the Middle Ages and is reenacted on the first

    Free