800 bowls of the healthy seven-herb rice porridge traditionally eaten on January 7.Available from 11am until they are all gone (¥300 a bowl).Read more ....
Read MoreJan 1Shin-i Kenjo-shiki Ceremony (offering new clothes to deities) from midnightSaitan-sai Festival Ceremony Bugaku traditional dance performance star ....
Read MoreDecember 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 ....
Read MoreJan 1Shin-i Kenjo-shiki Ceremony (offering new clothes to deities) from midnightSaitan-sai Festival Ceremony Bugaku traditional dance performance star ....
Read MoreDecember 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 ....
Read MoreEbisu Shrine‘s autumn festival marks the arrival of winter in Hiroshima. Known among locals as Ebessan after the god of commerce, surrounding stores h ....
Read MoreEbisu Shrine‘s autumn festival marks the arrival of winter in Hiroshima. Known among locals as Ebessan after the god of commerce, surrounding stores h ....
Read MoreHiroshima’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 ....
Read MoreAnnual festival held at the famous Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni.The highlight of the event is a reenactment of the departure of the local daimyo, or lo ....
Read MoreEbisu Shrine‘s autumn festival marks the arrival of winter in Hiroshima. Known among locals as Ebessan after the god of commerce, surrounding stores h ....
Read MoreDecember 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 ....
Read MoreWhen, in 1808, plague was sweeping through the porttown of Onomichi, the lord in control at the time ordered local shrines to perform purification rig ....
Read MoreA 90 minute display of 7,000 fireworks in this city in the north of the prefecture. Wondering if it’s worth dealing with the other 40,000 plus people ....
Read MoreHuge fireworks display over the channel that separates Honshu from Kyushu. 15,000 fireworks are set off from either side of the channel.Big displays a ....
Read MoreAnnual fireworks display held on the first Saturday of August each year with the dramatic backdrop of the Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni. 6000 blasts over a ....
Read MoreThe grand finale to Mihara’s three day Yassa Festival is a fireworks display with 5000 bangs spread over 45 minutes. Organizers advertise some spectac ....
Read MoreHiroshima’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 ....
Read MoreThe 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 ....
Read MoreHave 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 ....
Read MoreEvery 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 ....
Read MoreHiroshima 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 ....
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