2018 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).
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A selection of great Instagrams from this year’s Kintai Bridge Fireworks Festival.
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Summer festival with stalls, stages and bon odori dancing in the grounds of the Self Defence Force naval school on
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The summer is long, hot and usually pretty sticky. Beat (or at least embrace) the heat in the way that
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Some of our favorite captures of the 2017 Miyajima Fireworks Festival.
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A compilation of some of the Instagrams of the 2017 Miyoshi City Fireworks display held on August 19 that caught
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Ohnan Ryokou-mura is a all-purpose, though somewhat run down, sports park with a track, climbing wall, concrete halfpipe, camping and
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There are several local festivals linked to Itsukushima’s annual Kangensai rituals. One of these is the Kirikushi Okangensan festival. Kirikushi
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For a week up until the annual tanabata star festival on July 7, Shukkei-en Garden created a blue milky way out
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The lawn area in front of the Seifukan tea house in Hiroshima’s Shukkei-en Garden is illuminated by blue LEDs to
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Killing time with summer yukata and garigari-kun in the side-streets of Yokogawa.
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As I told you in last week’s column, I have a lactose intolerance problem. I’m also female, however, and, as
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Easy 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
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It was rainy and wet Sundance this year, but it was still a fun festival on Miyajima island. Here are
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Obon can be elusive for the average visitor to Japan, the sort of thing you’re aware of but…
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The Kangen-sai is the most elaborate festival held on the sacred island of Miyajima. Introduced by Heike warlord Taira-no-kiyomori in
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Chupi is a great summer break from the heat. Although it may seem overly crowded on busy days, the atmosphere
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Japan’s beer gardens are a lot of fun, and they can certainly help make the long, hot and sticky summer
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Although only open for a couple of months a year (7/1-8/31 in 2014), the outdoor Family Pool can be a
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Kirin 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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