New Year at Gokoku Shrine
Gokoku-jinja Shrine 2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanNew Year rituals at Gokoku Shrine, next to Hiroshima Castle.
New Year rituals at Gokoku Shrine, next to Hiroshima Castle.
Hiroshima's most central and visitor-friendly new year tondo bonfire festival.
Teams from all 47 prefectures battle it out in this annual 48km road relay on an out-and-back course between Hiroshima Peace Park and Miyajima-guchi.
Ritual firing of the first arrow at Omote Shrine on Miyajima is held on January 20 every year.
The impressive hi-watari-shiki fire walking ritual takes place at Daishoin Temple on Miyajima twice a year in spring and autumn.
The area around Hiroshima's Peace Boulevard is taken over by the 3-day Hiroshima Flower Festival, by far the city's biggest
Mibu-no-hanadaue is a revived rice planting ritual said to have roots in the middle ages that is reenacted on the
Hiroshima really comes alive over the three nights of Tōkasan - a festival that really does feel "festive". Join the