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August 2021
Look Up Art Action
The "Mi-ageru" (look up) art action", held every year since 2013, aims to "transform the target" by focusing on the perspective of the people in Hiroshima's city center who were going about the daily morning activities on August 6, 1945 assembling volunteers on the "T-bridge" which served as the target at which the crew of the Eleanor Gay aimed. At 08:15, the time of the A-bomb's detonation, participants look up in the direction from which the pika, holding their gaze…
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Miyajima Tamatori Festival
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!
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Fire walking ritual at Daishoin Temple
"Hi-watari-shiki" Fire walking ritual takea place at Daishoin Temple on Miyajima twice a year on April 15 and November 15.
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New Year at Gokoku Shrine
New Year rituals at Gokoku Shrine, next to Hiroshima Castle.
Find out more »Chinkasai Fire Festival
Living in wooden houses, closely clustered together along narrow streets, for centuries, fear of calamitous fires is deeply ingrained in the Japanese psyche. The Chinkasai festival on Miyajima is an impressive fire prevention festival held early in the evening on New Year's Eve. Read more about what you can expect at the Chinkasai fire prevention festival here.
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Tondo Festival at Gokoku Shrine
Hiroshima's most central and visitor-friendly new year tondo bonfire festival.
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Ritual firing of the first arrow at Omote Shrine on Miyajima is held on January 20 every year.
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