Cute “ogre and club” bread sets for Setsubun

Oni ni kanabou [鬼に金棒] is a Japanese saying which literally means giving an iron club [kanabou/金棒] to an ogre [oni/鬼],

Something in the Air

The question “Do you like Japan?” is one you’ll hear often…

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

Hiroshima’s illumination extravaganza starts tonight when thousands of colored LEDs stretching about 2km in total length and fashioned into some

The inaugural World Igloo Building Championships took place in unseasonably warm and sunny conditions last weekend at the Osorakan ski

Peter Peberhardt is getting around Hiroshima’s winter festivals. Following his set of January’s Tondo Matsuri on the beach next to

The mound of New Year decorations and previous year’s good luck amulets to be set aflame at Miyajima’s seaside Tondo

Shukkeien Garden’s ume plum blossoms are pretty in pink, yellow, and white, especially if you can catch them on a sunny day.

>Every autumn, the Big Wave Olympic-sized pool at Higashi-ku Sports Center in Ushita is emptied, covered and iced over for