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Hiroshima(08:19 AM)
A 15 minute firework display over the sea is the dramatic finale to a series of elaborate reenactments of the
October 1 is Sake Day! To commemorate (justify?) the day the Hiroshima Sake Association holds the funnest little sake festival
Autumn is the time for appreciating the moon in Japan and a moon viewing tea ceremony is held in Shukkei-en Garden annually at this time of year.
Become a connoisseur of Japanese sake in two days... or just get smashed.
Local children carry a portable shrine through the streets to commemorate a great samurai and a long held festival.
This traditional autumn shrine festival near the city center features local businesses will be setting up stalls selling nicknacks, food and drink over the two days and Hiroshima Kagura performances in within the shrine precinct after dark.
Two nights of kagura dance performances and street stalls at this historical, city center shrine's autumn festival.
Every autumn, for one night only, the backstreets of Onomichi are illuminated with 30,000 candles.
Autumn festival at Ikari Shrine, one of Hiroshima's oldest shrines. Stalls, kagura and Taiko Japanese drumming.
The streets of Takehara's beautiful Edo period historic preservation district are illuminated by bamboo candles for two nights.