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SUMMARY:Ji-no-hi Matsuri
DESCRIPTION:Frenetic and colorful countryside festival that involves groups of locals charging up and down a narrow street carrying huge umbrellas. \n \nThe main event starts around 3pm on May 21 and\, after a break during which you can check out the food stalls\, there are kagura dance performances in Kamo Shrine from 7pm. The festival continues the following day with community rice planting. \nRead more about and see more photos from the first day of the Ji-no-hi Matsuri here
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/ji-no-hi-matsuri/
LOCATION:Asuna\, Ohnan-cho\, Ochi-gun\, Shimane-ken\, 696‐0501\, Japan
CATEGORIES:Family,Festivals,Top,Traditional
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SUMMARY:Toukasan Yukata Festival
DESCRIPTION:Hiroshima really comes alive over the three nights of Tōkasan – a festival that really does feel “festive”. \n \nJoin the 300\,000 people who will be donning their yukata for the first time this year who take over Chuo-dori and environs to promenade\, play festival games like fish scooping\, buy strange inflatable novelties and stuff their faces with equally strange stuff on sticks. \nAs well as parades and summer bon dancing\, there will be taiko drumming and other performances on stages dotted around the center of town. See below for the schedule of main events. Our favorite spot is Yukata de Bon Dance in Shintenchi Park where people of all ages dance to classic Japanese songs crackling out of the PA on the central tower and street stalls sell festival treats at fantastic prices. \nRead more about and see more photos from Tōkasan here. \nThis year\, Chuo-dori is closed to traffic in the evening every night of the festival! That’s right on Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday between 7pm and 10pm the main street will become what is called a Pedestrian Paradise in Japanese. \n  \n2025 Yukata de Kinsai events around the city center\nHondori shopping arcade\n \n\nYukata Parade on the HHon-dori shopping arcade Friday\, June 6 18:30-19:00\n\nChuo-dori \n\nClosed to traffic 19:00-22:00 every night of the festival\nWadaiko drumming and a variety of performances every night of the festival\nYukata fashion shows Friday\, June 6 (19:50 & 20:30) and Saturday June 7 (19:30 & 20:20)\nJump in the dance on Chuodori Friday\, June 6 and Saturday\, June 7 from 21:20\nSamurai dance show Friday\, June 6 21:10\n\nShintenchi Park 19:00-21:30 (every night of the festival \nPhotos and video from Shintenchi Park during Tōkasan here. \nThe highlight of Tōkasan as far as we are concerned. Old school vibe\, cheap snacks and drinks and bon dancing at 19:30 and 21:30 which everyone is very welcome to join in with. Annual appearances by local singer Minami Issei singing classics such as Hiroshima Tengoku and the Carp song. \nFukuromachi Park \nYukata rental and fittings for foreigners\n13:00-20:00\n¥3000 (¥4000 deposit)\nWomen 40 yukata available.\nMen Medium x4\, Large x4\, XL x4 \n\n\n\nYukata Highball Garden\n\nFriday\, June 7 16:00-21:00\nSaturday\, June 8 11:00-21:00\nSunday\, June 9 11:00-18:00\n\n\nGet your yukata and obi sorted out for ¥500 13:00-18:00\n\nEveryone welcome (not hardcore) tea ceremony Saturday 13:00-17:00\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/toukasan-yukata-festival/
LOCATION:Tōkasan Enryu-ji Temple\, 8-12 Mikawa-cho\, Hiroshima-shi\, Hiroshima-ken\, Japan
CATEGORIES:Family,Festivals,Free,Top,Traditional
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SUMMARY:Mibu-no-Hanadaue Traditional Rice Planting Ritual
DESCRIPTION:Mibu-no-hanadaue is a revived rice planting ritual that dates back to the Middle Ages and is reenacted on the first Sunday of June every year.  \n \nThe event was designated as a UNESCO Intangible Heritage in 2003 and many people now make the trip to Chiyoda in Kita-hiroshima to view it. \nBulls are led through the streets to Mibu Hachiman Shrine where they are dressed with elaborately decorated saddles and colorful necklaces. They are then led to a field\, and after they have ploughed it saotome (rice planting maidens) in kimono and wide-brimmed sugegasa hats plant rice seedlings in time with the music performed by drummers and flautists as they sing. \nParking available at the Chiyoda Michi-no-eki and Town Hall from where shuttle buses run to the rice field. \nParade from Mibu Shotengai Shopping Area to the Planting field \n\n10:50 Kids parade (from Mibu elementary school)\n12:00 Folk dance (from Mibu elementary school)\n12:30 Decorated cattle parade (from Mibu Shrine)\n13:00 Traditional music\n\nRice field ploughing and rice planting starts at about 14:00 \nNote Times approximate based on previous years. \n \nAccess: \nCar\nExit the Chugoku Expressway at Chiyoda IC. Free shuttle buses run from Parking #1\, #3 and #4 (see map above). \nShuttle bus:　09:00-16:00\nKitahiroshima Town Hall → Michi no Eki Mairoad → Rice planting area \nBus\nTake the Miyoshi-Shobara-Matsue bound bus from Hiroshima Bus Center platform #9 and get off at Chiyoda IC (¥1310 one way adult fare).\nTake the Hamada bound bus from Hiroshima Shinkansen Station or Hiroshima Bus Center and get off at Chiyoda IC.\nTake the Miyoshi-Shobara-Tojo bound bus from Hiroshima Bus Center and get off at Chiyoda IC.
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/mibu-no-hanadaue-traditional-rice-planting-ritual/
LOCATION:Mibu\, Kitahiroshima-cho\, Yamagata-gun\, Hiroshima-ken\, 731-1515 \, Japan
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SUMMARY:Rice planting ritual and tea ceremony at Shukkei-en Garden
DESCRIPTION:Re-enactment of a traditional rice planting ritual to wish for a bountiful harvest and tea ceremony at Shukkei \nen Garden. \nThe rice planting ritual and related dances performed by the Shinjo Provincial Art Preservation Committee are between 13:00 and 14:45 and the tea ceremonies run from 10:00-15:00. \n\n13:00-13:30  Hayashida music\, song and dance performance in the yuunenjyou (有年場) rice field located in the far right corner of the garden as you stand with your back to the entrance.\n13:35-13:55 Hayashida music\, song and dance performance on the Kokou-kyo Bridge (跨虹橋) that runs across the pond\n14:15-14:45 Nanjyou-odori ( 南条おどり) performance in front of the Seifukan tea house\n\n\nTea ceremony willl also be conducted in the Seifukan 10:00-15:00 for a ¥1\,500 charge (garden admission not included).\n\nRead more about and see photos from this event here.
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/rice-planting-tea-ceremony-shukkeien/
LOCATION:Shukkeien Garden\, 2-11 Kaminobori-cho\, Naka-ku\, Hiroshima-shi\, Hiroshima-ken\, 730-0014\, Japan
CATEGORIES:Culture,Family,Festivals,Top,Traditional
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SUMMARY:Ritual Fire-walking at Daigan-ji Temple\, Miyajima
DESCRIPTION:Impressive and elaborate ritual that culminates in priests and members of the public rushing across hot coals in front of Daigan-ji Temple\, located at the exit from Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima. \nCeremonies begin at 1pm\, but the actual fire walking usually starts around 2pm. \nFor more about and photos and video of this fire-walking ritual click here.
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/ritual-fire-walking-at-daigan-ji-temple-miyajima/
LOCATION:Daigan-ji Temple\, 3 Miyajima-cho\, Hatsukaichi-shi\, Hiroshima-ken\, 739-0535 \, Japan
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SUMMARY:Fire walking ritual at Daishoin Temple
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer \nThe impressive hi-watari-shiki fire walking ritual takes place at Daishoin Temple on Miyajima twice a year in spring and autumn. \nThe autumn ceremony is held on November 15\, just as the autumn leaves are usually starting to look their best\, every year. \nReadings from the 8000 verse Perfection of Wisdom Sutra begin at 11am and extravagant Saito-goma rituals begin around 1pm in the temple forecourt with a purification offering to the alter and the chanting of sutras. This is followed by two Buddhist monks circling the area with swords and then shooting 7 arrows into the air which the worshippers struggle to retrieve. Lastly\, while mountain priests blow conch shells\, the pile of cypress branches is ignited. After the fire burns down and only red coals remain\, the head Buddhist monk\, followed by the mountain monks and worshippers\, walk barefoot across the coals chanting a prayer for good health and fortune. \nMembers of the public are welcome to cross the ashes barefoot.
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/fire-walking-ritual-daishoin-temple-november/
LOCATION:Daisho-in Temple\, 210 Miyajima-cho\, Hatsukaichi-shi\, Hiroshima-ken\, 739-0592\, Japan
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SUMMARY:Tondo Festival at Gokoku Shrine
DESCRIPTION:Big tondo bonfire which lets off some huge snaps\, crackles and pops\, as well as some powerful heat. \n \nThe fire fighters who keep things under control look very cool in their traditional gear. This is one tondo festival where you really don’t have to worry about looking like a tourist. \nRead more about Tondo here.
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/tondo-festival-at-gokoku-shrine/
LOCATION:Gokoku-jinja Shrine\, 2-21 Motomachi\, Naka-ku\, Hiroshima-shi\, Hiroshima-ken\, 730-0011\, Japan
CATEGORIES:Culture,Family,Festivals,Free,New Year,Top,Traditional
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SUMMARY:Fire walking ritual at Daishoin Temple
DESCRIPTION:The impressive hi-watari-shiki fire walking ritual takes place at Daishoin Temple on Miyajima twice a year in spring and autumn. \nThe spring event is held on April 15\, no matter what day of the week it is. \nReadings from the 8000 verse Perfection of Wisdom Sutra begin at 11am and extravagant Saito-goma rituals begin around 1pm in the temple forecourt with a purification offering to the alter and the chanting of sutras. This is followed by two Buddhist monks circling the area with swords and then shooting 7 arrows into the air which the worshippers struggle to retrieve. Lastly\, while mountain priests blow conch shells\, the pile of cypress branches is ignited. After the fire burns down and only red coals remain\, the head Buddhist monk\, followed by the mountain monks and worshippers\, walk barefoot across the coals chanting a prayer for good health and fortune. \nMembers of the public are welcome to cross the ashes barefoot. \nPhoto: Lance Cpl. Benjamin Pryer \n 
URL:https://gethiroshima.com/event/walking-over-fire-ceremony-april/
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