Tree Frogs at Yoshimizu-en Garden
Yoshimizu-en Garden Kake, Akiota-cho, Yamagata-gun, JapanThe lovely Yoshimizu-en Garden in Aki-ota opens its gates to the public for two weekends during June to while the
Iwakuni Port Fireworks Festival
Iwakuni Port Shinminato-machi, Iwakuni-shi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan2000 blasts at a small (and thus we hear, relatively uncrowded) fireworks festival. Postponed in the event of rain. There
Alfredo Jaar Exhibition
HMOCA 1-1 Hijiyama-koen, Minami-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanExhibition of work by Chilean-born artist, architect, photographer and filmmaker based in New York City and recipient of the 11th
Yanai Goldfish Lantern Festival
Yanai Chuo, Yanai-shiThe route from Yanai Station to the Kanaya old quarter, with its many traditional white-walled storehouses, is decorated with over
Fukuyama Ashida-gawa River Fireworks Festival
Just below the Ashida-gawa Ohashi Bridge Minomi-cho, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanFukuyama's three day summer festival is rounded off with a 75 minute display featuring 16,000 fireworks over the Ashida-gawa River.
Alfonse Mucha Exhibition
Hiroshima Museum of Art 3-2 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Hiroshima-ken, JapanSelected works of Alfonse Mucha from the Trimal Collection, owned by the Czech physician and third-generation collector Zdenek Trimal, at the Hiroshima Museum of Art.
Daishoin Candle Festival
Daisho-in Temple 210 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanAnnual mantoe candle festival at Daishoin Temple on Miyajima.
Cosmos Festival
Kozan Lavender Hill 794-9 Bessako, Sero-cho, Sera-gun, Hiroshima, JapanWander among pretty cosmos wildflowers in the Sera highlands.
Kumano Fude Matsuri (Brush Festival)
Kumano Aki-gun, Hiroshima-ken, JapanIt's all about the calligraphy (and, more recently, make up) brushes at this festival which celebrates Kumano's claim to fame. One of our favorite days out in autumn.