Toukasan Yukata Festival
Tōkasan Enryu-ji Temple 8-12 Mikawa-cho, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima-ken, JapanHiroshima really comes alive over the three nights of Tōkasan - a festival that really does feel "festive". Join the
Hiroshima really comes alive over the three nights of Tōkasan - a festival that really does feel "festive". Join the
Onomichi's retro shopping arcade gets festive on Saturdays in the run up to the summer holidays.
Ritual rice planting and traditional agricultural dance performances at Shukkeien Garden in the center of Hiroshima city.
One of Onomichi's three major festivals. Three groups of men dressed in happi coats carrying mikoshi portable shrines make their
13,000 fireworks explode over the Onomichi sea channel.
Every autumn, for one night only, the backstreets of Onomichi are illuminated with 30,000 candles.
Impressive and elaborate ritual that culminates in priests and members of the public rushing across hot coals in front of
Living in wooden houses, closely clustered together along narrow streets, for centuries, fear of calamitous fires is deeply ingrained in
New Year rituals at Gokoku Shrine, next to Hiroshima Castle.
Seven-herb rice porridge, traditionally eaten on January 7 on offer at Toshogu Shrine.