Look Up
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanThe "Mi-ageru" (look up) art action", held every year since 2013, aims to "transform the target".
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Hiroshima Peace Ride
Hiroshima Cycling Association ride from Miyajima-guchi to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on the anniversary of the Hiroshima A-bombing.
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Lantern Floating Ceremony
Motoyasu River 1-1 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanThe August 6 lantern floating ceremony will take place for the first time in 3 years under some restrictions.
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Hiroshima “Since and Then”
Asageshiki deliver a free online tour from Mt Futaba which overlooks Hiroshima city is the location of the Hiroshima Peace Pagoda starting at 7:30am, 45 minutes before the city remembers the A-bombing of 1945.
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Talk to A-bomb Survivors On August 6
Social Book Cafe Hachidori-sha 2-43, Dobashi-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanOn August 6, the anniversary of the bombing, people are welcome to chat with survivors in person and online.
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The Power of Youth From Hiroshima
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres joins young peace activists in a live streamed panel discussion.
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Akari Matsuri
Peace Boulevard Hiroshima-shi, JapanFree light-themed event along Hiroshima Peace Boulevard.
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Hiroshima Bon Dance
Hiroshima Minato Koen Park 23-53, 2 chome, Ujina-kaigan, Minami-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanBon-odori are community dances, usually performed around a tall platform from which music plays and people sometimes play instruments and
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Kagura Night Market
Koi Place 1-18-3 Koi-honmachi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanEnjoy Hiroshima Kagura under the stars, check out the beautiful costumes on display and nibble and sip at food stalls at Koi Place in Nishi-hiroshima.
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Farmer’s Market at Sorasaya Shrine
Sorasaya-jinja Shrine 3-3-2 Honkawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, JapanFarmer's market where local producers set up to sell their tasty veggies and more in the grounds of Sorasaya Shrine (near(ish) to Hiroshima A-bomb Dome) on the first Sunday of the month.
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Kagura Night Market
Koi Place 1-18-3 Koi-honmachi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanEnjoy Hiroshima Kagura under the stars, check out the beautiful costumes on display and nibble and sip at food stalls at Koi Place in Nishi-hiroshima.
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Hirose-jinja Autumn Festival
Hirose-jinja Shrine 1-19 Hirose-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanTwo nights of kagura dance performances and street stalls at this historical, city center shrine's autumn festival.
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Hiroshima Food Festival
Hiroshima Castle Hiroshima-shi, JapanAround 130 food stalls hawking food products from around the prefecture for two days around Hiroshima Castle.
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River Do! Hiroshima River Festival
Motomachi POP'La Dōri (Central Beach) Chuo-koen-nishigawa-kashi-rokuchi, Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanCome 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.
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Hiroshima Station 10 Year Anniversary Shindig
Hallelujah 8-11 Nagarekawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanLittle shindig to mark 10 years of the Hiroshima Station music podcast.
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Kagura Night Market
Hiroshima Castle Hiroshima-shi, JapanEnjoy Hiroshima Kagura under the stars, check out the beautiful costumes on display and nibble and sip at food stalls within the grounds of Hiroshima Castle.
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Momote-sai
Miyajima Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanRitual firing of the first arrow at Omote Shrine on Miyajima is held on January 20 every year.
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Miyajima Celebratory Fireworks
Miyajima Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanFireworks displays to commemorate the completion of Miyajima's great shrine gate's major restoration on three evenings in January 2023.
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Mimi Ear Festival
Oyama Shrine, Innoshima 1425-2 Habu-cho, Innoshima, Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanSince 1956, March 3 as also been “National Ear Health Day” (in Japanese "ear" is mimi, and "three" is mi,
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Kintaikyo Bridge Festival
Iwakuni Kintaikyo Bridge 1 Iwakuni, Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, JapanThe annual Kintai Bridge Festival in Iwakuni is an excellent way to kick off your Golden Week.
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Onomichi Port Festival
Onomichi Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanThe construction of Onomichi Port was started in 1740 thanks to the efforts of Kakuzaemon Hirayama and it was this
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Kure Port Festival
Kure City Center Kure-shiEvery 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.
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Mantō Mitama Matsuri
Gokoku-jinja Shrine 2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan100 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!
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Hallelujah 7th Anniversary Party
Hallelujah 8-11 Nagarekawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanLocal DJs spinning from late afternoon in celebration of 7 years of Bar Hallelujah.
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Tomo Bentenjima Fireworks Festival
Tomo-no-ura Tomo, Tomo-cho, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanTomo Bentenjima Fireworks Festival in the quaint port town of Tomo-no-ura kicks off the summer's fireworks festivals in the Chugoku
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