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For anyone looking for something fun to do on Valentine's Day, why not join the annual Valentine's Day fireworks event
Parades and lots of bamboo themed activities and performances in the streets of "bamboo town" Takehara's historical preservation district.
Shinjo's annual rice planting event is less well known than the Mibu-no-hanadaue event held in the neighboring town of Chiyoda
Hiroshima Castle is open late on October 1 so visitors can enjoy moon viewing from the top of the keep.
3 course Christmas dinner at Molly Malone's on December 24th & 25th. Take out also available with advance reservation.
800 bowls of the healthy seven-herb rice porridge traditionally eaten on January 7. Available from 11am until they are all
A bunch of almost naked men clambering on top of one another in the sea trying to capture a lucky ball on a hot summer day!
New Year rituals at Gokoku Shrine, next to Hiroshima Castle.
Traditional New Year rituals at Itsukushima Shine on Miyajima that date from over 1000 years ago.
The tondo New Year bonfire festival held on the banks of the river next to Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni is very accessible and visitors are made to feel very welcome.
Every year on February 3 (Setsubun) a few thousand people crowd into the precinct in front of Daisho-in Temple on
A limited version of the Tōkasan yukata festival returns after a 2 year COVID induced break.
Become a connoisseur of Japanese sake in two days... or just get smashed.
Two nights of kagura dance performances and street stalls at this historical, city center shrine's autumn festival.
Around 130 food stalls hawking food products from around the prefecture for two days around Hiroshima Castle.
Come down to the River Do! River City Festival on the grassy riverbank next to Chuo Park! Cheer on the SUP racers and grab some food and refreshing beverages.
Ritual firing of the first arrow at Omote Shrine on Miyajima is held on January 20 every year.
Bugaku classical court dance that date from the 12th century performed at Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima.
Since 1956, March 3 as also been “National Ear Health Day” (in Japanese "ear" is mimi, and "three" is mi,
The annual Kintai Bridge Festival in Iwakuni is an excellent way to kick off your Golden Week.
The construction of Onomichi Port was started in 1740 thanks to the efforts of Kakuzaemon Hirayama and it was this
Every year on April 29 some of the neighboring city of Kure's main streets (centered on Kuramoro-dori St) are closed for parades, stages and, of course, lots of food and drink stalls Kure Minato Matsuri or Kure Port Festival.
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!
Tomo Bentenjima Fireworks Festival in the quaint port town of Tomo-no-ura kicks off the summer's fireworks festivals in the Chugoku
Mibu-no-hanadaue is a revived rice planting ritual said to have roots in the middle ages that is reenacted on the
