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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

Mantō Mitama Matsuri

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

100 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!

Free

Perfect Days

Wom Wenders' slow-moving ode to the simple things in life is playing at Salon Cinema once a day at least

English Pub Quiz

Molly Malone's 1-20 Shintenchi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Hiroshima's only pub quiz (in English too!) at Hiroshima's Irish pub Molly Malone's

Free

Sorasaya Shrine Summer Festival

Sorasaya-jinja Shrine 3-3-2 Honkawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan

Stalls, fireworks and wishes for health and good luck at Sorasaya Shrine near Hiroshima A-bomb Dome.

Free

Onomichi Gion Festival

Onomichi Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

One of Onomichi's three major festivals. Three groups of men dressed in happi coats carrying mikoshi portable shrines make their

Free

Onomichi Sumiyoshi Fireworks Festival

Onomichi Suido Channel (near Sumiyoshi Shrine) Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

13,000 fireworks explode over the Onomichi sea channel.

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.

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