Festivals near Hiroshima, 01

15 festivals found within 100 Miles of Hiroshima, 01 .

Kintaikyo Bridge Festival

Apr. 29, 2020
Iwakuni Kintaikyo Bridge - Iwakuni, 35 Japan

Community (Parade)

FREE!!

Annual 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 ....

Hiroshima Flower Festival

May. 3, 2020
Peace Boulevard - Hiroshima, 34 Japan

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 ....

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Ebisuko Festival

Nov. 18 - Nov 21, 2019
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 ....

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 ....

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ....