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Kintaikyo Bridge Festival

Iwakuni Kintaikyo Bridge 1 Iwakuni, Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan

The annual Kintai Bridge Festival in Iwakuni is an excellent way to kick off your Golden Week.

Free

Tea harvesting and tea ceremony

Shukkeien Garden 2-11 Kaminobori-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Watch young women pick the leave from the tea bushes in Shukkei-en Garden. Enjoy or cup of tea prepared with

¥260 – ¥600

Naki-zumo Cry Baby Sumo at Gokoku-jinja Shrine

Gokoku-jinja Shrine 2-21 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

What better way to celebrate Children's Day than by dressing your baby up in funny clothes and making them cry in front of a big crowd.

Free

Kure Fireworks Festival

Tsukiji-cho, Kure Tsukiji-cho, Kure-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

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.

Free

Numata Hongo Fireworks Festival

Hongou Town Hall Hongo-minami 6-3-10, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

This now colorful summer festival has somewhat dark origins. It has grown out of an event to mourn the large

Free

Sumiyoshi-san Summer Festival

Sumiyoshi-jinja Shrine 5-10 Sumiyoshi-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Sumiyoshi-san, along with the Tokasan and Ebessan festivals, is one of Hiroshima city's big three annual shrine festivals that have

Free

Hikari Fireworks Festival

Nijigahama Beach Nijigahama 2 Chome, Hikari-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan

2018 event has been CANCELLED due to incoming typhoon #12.

Free

Kirikushi Okagensan Festival

The port town of Kirikushi on the north coast of Etajima Island holds a small, but colorful festival every year

Free

Lantern Floating Ceremony

Motoyasu River 1-1 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Hiroshima's annual Peace Memorial Day concludes with the poignant and beautiful August 6 floating ceremony on the Motoyasu River.

Free