Festivals near Hiroshima, 01 .

Hiroshima Flower Festival

• May. 3 - May 6, 2018
• Peace Boulevard - Hiroshima, 34 Japan

• Community (Family & Kids)
• Community (Parade)
• Holiday (Other)

• FREE!!

Hiroshima’s biggest annual event, drawing in many more people than even the August 6 memorial day, the annual Flower Festival was inspired by the cele ....

Onomichi Port Festival

• Apr. 28 - Apr 30, 2018
• Onomichi BxB - Hiroshima, 34 Japan

• Community (Family & Kids)
• Community (Parade)

• FREE!!

The construction of Onomichi Port was started in 1740 thanks to the efforts of Kakuzaemon Hirayama and it was this port that became the keystone of On ....

Setsubun-sai at Sumiyoshi-jinja

• Feb. 3, 2018
• Sumiyoshi-jinja Shrine - Hirosima, 34 Japan

• Community (Parade)

• FREE!!

Have the smell of 1000 fish heads wafted over you by shrine maidens wielding giant fan to ward off bad luck in this ritual Sumiyoshi Shrine claims to ....

Mid-winter Swim in front of the A-bomb Dome

• Jan. 8, 2018
• A-bomb Dome - Hiroshima, 01 Japan

• Community (Family & Kids)
• Sports / Fitness

• FREE!!

Every year on Seijin-no-hi (Coming Of Age Day), a group of swimmers between the ages of 7 and 70 brave the near freezing water of the Motoyasu River i ....

Nanakusa-gayu at Tosho-gu Shrine

• Jan. 7, 2018
• Tosho-gu Shrine - Hirosima, 34 Japan

• Community (Parade)

300 bowls of the healthy seven-herb rice porridge traditionally eaten on January 7.Available from 11am until they are all gone (¥150 a bowl).Read more ....

New Year at Gokoku Shrine

• Dec. 31 - Jan 4, 2018
• Gokoku-jinja Shrine - Hiroshima, 34 Japan

• Other / General

• FREE!!

December 31From 17:00 Ooharae-shiki (purification ceremony) & Joya-sai (seeing out the old year festival) From just after 11pm the bell in the main sh ....

Saijo Sake Matsuri

• Oct. 7 - Oct 9, 2017
• Saijo - Hiroshima, 34 Japan

• Food / Wine / Beer

Hiroshima annually ranks 4th or 5th in volume of sake produced, and Saijo is one of Japan’s most famous brewing districts. In celebration of this, onc ....