Family Pool
Although only open for a couple of months a year, the outdoor Family Pool can be a life saver during Hiroshima’s long, hot and humid summer.
Read moreAlthough only open for a couple of months a year, the outdoor Family Pool can be a life saver during Hiroshima’s long, hot and humid summer.
Read moreEtajima’s summer fireworks festival has shifted to an autumn festival! Fireworks 18:00-18:30 (2100 blasts)
Read more2018 event has been CANCELLED due to transportation problems further west caused by the July flooding disaster (Miyajima itself is open for business, but organizers were concerned that they could not guarantee adequate transportation for the huge crowds expected).
Read moreThis summer festival with and over 250 year history is centered on Eba Shrine and Eba Port. The fire festival
Read moreOur guide to as many of the fireworks festivals in the region as we could find!
Read moreA selection of great Instagrams from this year’s Kintai Bridge Fireworks Festival.
Read moreSome of our favorite captures of the 2017 Miyajima Fireworks Festival.
Read moreA compilation of some of the Instagrams of the 2017 Miyoshi City Fireworks display held on August 19 that caught
Read moreOhnan Ryokou-mura is a all-purpose, though somewhat run down, sports park with a track, climbing wall, concrete halfpipe, camping and
Read moreThere are several local festivals linked to Itsukushima’s annual Kangensai rituals. One of these is the Kirikushi Okagensan festival. Kirikushi
Read moreFor a week up until the annual tanabata star festival on July 7, Shukkei-en Garden created a blue milky way out
Read moreThe lawn area in front of the Seifukan tea house in Hiroshima’s Shukkei-en Garden is illuminated by blue LEDs to
Read moreKilling time with summer yukata and garigari-kun in the side-streets of Yokogawa.
Read moreAs I told you in last week’s column, I have a lactose intolerance problem. I’m also female, however, and, as
Read moreEasy to get to using local roads, Hiroshima-Kure toll road or by train,Bayside Beach Saka [ベイサイドビーチ坂] is Hiroshima city’s most
Read moreIt was rainy and wet Sundance this year, but it was still a fun festival on Miyajima island. Here are
Read moreObon can be elusive for the average visitor to Japan, the sort of thing you’re aware of but…
Read moreThe Kangen-sai is the most elaborate festival held on the sacred island of Miyajima. Introduced by Heike warlord Taira-no-kiyomori in
Read moreChupi is a great summer break from the heat. Although it may seem overly crowded on busy days, the atmosphere
Read moreJapan’s beer gardens are a lot of fun, and they can certainly help make the long, hot and sticky summer
Read moreKirin beer’s attempt to exploit help drinkers concerned about dealing with the impending heat during Japan’s second summer of setsuden
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