Festivals near Hiroshima, 01 .

New Year at Gokoku Shrine

• Dec. 31 - Jan 4, 2019
• 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 ....

Ebisuko Festival

• Nov. 18 - Nov 21, 2018
• Ebisu Shrine - Hiroshima, 34 Japan

• Community (Parade)

• FREE!!

Ebisu Shrine‘s autumn festival marks the arrival of winter in Hiroshima. Known among locals as Ebessan after the god of commerce, surrounding stores h ....

Onomichi Betcha Festival

• Nov. 1 - Nov 4, 2018
• Onomichi BxB - Hiroshima, 34 Japan

• Community (Parade)

• FREE!!

When, in 1808, plague was sweeping through the porttown of Onomichi, the lord in control at the time ordered local shrines to perform purification rig ....

Miyoshi City Fireworks Festival

• Aug. 25, 2018
• Downstream from Tomoe-bashi Bridge - Hiroshima, 01 Japan

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

• FREE!!

A 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 ....

Kanmon Kaikyo Fireworks Festival

• Aug. 13, 2018
• From Aruka Port area to the entire Kanmon Kaikyo coast - Shimonoseki, 35 Japan

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

• FREE!!

Huge 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 ....

Yassa Fireworks Festival

• Aug. 4, 2018
• Numata River Mouth - Hiroshima, 01 Japan

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

• FREE!!

The grand finale to Mihara’s three day Yassa Festival is a fireworks display with 5000 bangs spread over 45 minutes. Organizers advertise some spectac ....

Nishiki-gawa (Kintai-kyo Bridge) Mizu-no-Saiten Fireworks Festival

• Aug. 4, 2018
• Iwakuni Kintaikyo Bridge - Iwakuni, 35 Japan

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

• FREE!!

Annual 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 ....

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 ....

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 ....