Sorasaya Shrine Summer Festival
Sorasaya-jinja Shrine 3-3-2 Honkawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, JapanStalls, fireworks and wishes for health and good luck at Sorasaya Shrine near Hiroshima A-bomb Dome.
Stalls, fireworks and wishes for health and good luck at Sorasaya Shrine near Hiroshima A-bomb Dome.
Onomichi's retro shopping arcade gets festive on Saturdays in the run up to the summer holidays.
One of Onomichi's three major festivals. Three groups of men dressed in happi coats carrying mikoshi portable shrines make their
Onomichi's retro shopping arcade gets festive on Saturdays in the run up to the summer holidays.
Onomichi's retro shopping arcade gets festive on Saturdays in the run up to the summer holidays.
Onomichi's retro shopping arcade gets festive on Saturdays in the run up to the summer holidays.
13,000 fireworks explode over the Onomichi sea channel.
An hour long fireworks display in which 4000 fireworks explode above the water and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force ships docked in the port of Kure decorated with lights.
2500 bangs packed into 30 minutes with the waters of the Seto Inland Sea and shadows of the surrounding islands
This now colorful summer festival has somewhat dark origins. It has grown out of an event to mourn the large