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Yuki Harada: Home Port

HMOCA 1-1 Hijiyama-koen, Minami-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Works by Hiroshima-born video artist, now resident in Hawaii, Yuki Harada at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art.

I Dream Cats

Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum 2-22 Kaminobori-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Exhibition of Ukiyo-e woodblock print art from the Edo period, featuring cats.

Chinkasai Fire Festival

Mikasa-no-hama, Miyajima Mikasa-no-hama, Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, Japan

Living in wooden houses, closely clustered together along narrow streets, for centuries, fear of calamitous fires is deeply ingrained in

Free

New Year at Gokoku Shrine

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

New Year rituals at Gokoku Shrine, next to Hiroshima Castle.

Free

New Year rituals at Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shrine 1-1 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Traditional New Year rituals at Itsukushima Shine on Miyajima that date from over 1000 years ago.

¥300

Matchlock Rifle Shooting at Kintai Bridge

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

Men in traditional samurai warrior costume perform a matchlock gun shooting exhibition on the wide riverbank at Kintai-kyo Bridge in Iwakuni.

Free

Dezomeshiki New Year’s Fire Review

Hiroshima Minato Koen Park 23-53, 2 chome, Ujina-kaigan, Minami-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Watch the firefighters display their skill, see their fire engines and helicopters in action.

Free

Nanakusa-gayu at Tōshō-gū Shrine

Tōshō-gū Shrine 2-1-18 Futaba-no-sato, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Japan

Seven-herb rice porridge, traditionally eaten on January 7 on offer at Toshogu Shrine.

¥300

Firewalking ritual at Saikoku-ji Temple, Onomichi

Saikoku-ji Temple 29-27 Nishi-kubo-cho, Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Goma Ritual burning of cedar sticks followed by fire walking. Members of the public set themselves up for a fortuitous

Free

The Bikeriders

Hatchoza 8F Fukuya Hatchobori Honten, Ebisu-cho 6-26, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

Film starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy inspired by 1968 photographic study of Chicago bikers by Danny Lyon, showing at Hatchoza for just one week.