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Regular Events:
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Onomichi Morning Market
When: Third
Sunday of each month
Where: Coast west of Onomichi Station
Onomichi Morning Fair
When: Fourth
Sunday of each month
Where: Coast west of Onomichi Station
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1月
Onomichi Ceremony of the Holy Flame
When:
January 8th
Where:
Saikokuji Temple
Hiroshima All Japan Kagura Festival
When:
9 - 11 January
Where:
ALSOK Hall, next to Hakushima Astram Station
Hiroshima Edo style
swimming
When: 11am, 11 January
Where: Motoyasu River, Opposite the A-Bomb Dome
Onomichi Sanba Shinmei Festival (Tondo Festival)
When:
Mid-January
Where:
Sanba-cho
Notohara Tondo
ceremony
When:
1/13 (Sun, around 14:00)
Where:
Numakuma Notohara elementary school
Mitsugi Winter Festival (Fuyu Matsuri)
Where:
Mitsugi Greenland
Shusaku Honinbo Go Festival
When:
End of January
Where:
Innoshima Citizens' Meeting Hall (Innoshima Shiminkaikan) &
Geiyo Culture Information Center (Geiyo Bunka Joho Center)
2月
Onomichi Setsubun Ceremony
When:
February 3rd
Where:
Saikokuji Temple
Bingo
Ichi-no-miya Kibitsu Shrine
When:
February 3 (Sun, 18：00-23：00)
Where:
Shinnichi-cho, Fukuyama-city
Kure
Seafood Festival
When:
February 11th (10am-3pm)
Where:
15 min. walk from JR Kure station
Hiroshima Botanical
Gardens Orchid Festival
When:
February 6th-14th (9am-4:30pm)
Where:
Hiroshima Botanical Gardens
Miyajima Oyster Festival
When:
February 13th-14th (10am-3pm)
Where:
Miyajima Island
Tomo Machinami
Hina Festival
When:
Thur. 2/28 to Sun. 3/9 (10am-4pm)
Where:
Tomonoura Museum of History and Folklore
3月
Kannabe Wood
Festival
When:
March 16th (Sun)
Where:
Fukuyama City Kannabe Bunkakaikan
When:
Sunday following girls festival on March 3rd
Where:
Oze River (Kono River) (bus from Sanyo line Otake Station bound for Ayutani, get
off at Nakatsuhara)
Kiyomori Matsuri (Miyajima)
When:
March 20th
Where:
Miyajima Island
What:
Parade in traditional costume
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Cherry blossom viewing
When:
From the end of March until mid-April
Where:
Senkoji Park, on mountain behind Onomichi station
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4月
Onomichi Minato Festival
When:
4th Saturday & Sunday of April
Where:
Many areas, including Bell-pole Square (in front of JR Onomichi station),
Hondori Shopping Arcade, City Hall, etc.
Iwakuni Kintai-kyo Bridge Festival
When:
9am - 4pm, 29 April
Where:
Kintai-kyo Bridge, Iwakuni
5月
Hiroshima Flower Festival:
When:
12:00pm - 7pm, 3 - 5 May
Where:
Along Heiwa Main Street and the near the Peace Park
What:
Festival, parade
Fukuyama Rose Festival:
When:
May (middle)
Where: Rose Park (click
here for map). 15 minute walk from Fukuyama station
What:
Rose display, music festival, parade, stalls
When:
2nd Sunday
Where:
Oasa, Kitahiroshima-cho, Yamagata-gun (take a bus bound for Oasa and get off at
Aki Shinjo)
What:
Rice planting event
Onomichi Sanno Festival (Sanno-san)
When:
3rd Saturday of May
Where:
Yamawaki Shrine in the Bojiguchi Area.
Onomichi East High School Brass Band Concert:
When: Late May
Where: Teatro
Shell-rune (Shimanami Koryu-kan). On the right as you exit Onomichi
station towards the sea
Tomonoura
Benten-jima Fireworks:
When: Late May
Where: Tomonoura, Fukuyama
Mitsugi Spring Festival (Haru Matsuri)
Where:
Entsuba Memorial Museum park area
6月
When: 1st Sunday
Where: By car approximately 5 minutes from Chiyoda Interchange on
the Chugoku Highway
What: Rice planting
event
When: June 4-6
Where: Enryuji Temple and Chuo Dori Avenue (Hatchobori, Hiroshima
city)
When: June 17th
Where: Miyajima Island
What: Bonfire, court music festival
When: June 29th
Where: Osaki Kamijima-cho, Toyota-gun (ferry from Takehara port to
Shiramizu)
What: Boat race
7月
Sunset Beach (Setoda) Festival
When: July 4th
Where: Sunset beach, Setoda, Ikuchi-jima
Onomichi Gion Festival
When: July 10th
Where: In front of Onomichi's Watashiba ferry landing platform
Otebi Festival
When: 2nd Saturday night in July
Where: Numakuma Jinja (Tomo-cho, Fukuyama-city)
Hiroshima Minato Yume Fireworks
When: 8pm - 9pm, 25 July
Where: Ujina Port, Ichiman Ton Berth
When: 3 days from 3rd Sunday
Where: Susa Shrine, Hichi, Konu-cho, Miyoshi City
Innoshima Habu Fireworks
When: Saturday, July 24
Where: Habu port
Kangensai
Festival
When: July 28th (4pm-11pm)
Where: Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
What: Traditional boats and ceremonies
Setoda Horane Festival
When: July 28th (7pm-9pm)
Where: Setoda, Ikuchi-jima
What: Traditional boats and ceremonies
Onomichi Water Festival
When: End of July
Where: Mizuo-cho Area
Onomichi Tenjin Festival
When: End of July
Where:
Misode Tenmangu Shrine
Innoshima Shusaku Honinbo Go Festival
When: End of July
Where: Innoshima Citizens' Meeting Hall (Innoshima Shiminkaikan) &
Geiyo Culture Information Center (Geiyo Bunka Joho Center)
Onomichi Sumiyoshi Fireworks Festival
When: Between the end of July and the 1st Saturday in August
Where: Onomichi Channel
Innoshima Island Festival
When: Late July
Where: Innoshima Suigun Castle, Nakanoshyo
What: Parade in traditional costume
8月
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremonies
When: 6 August
Where: Hiroshima Peace Park
Setoda Horane Festival
When: 7 August
Where: Setoda
Mihara Yassa Festival:
When: 2nd
week in August (Friday-Sunday)
Where: Mihara
station
What:
Festival, fireworks
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
When:
August 7th-11th
Where:
Aster Plaza, South of the International Conference Center in Peace Park
Miyajima Fireworks Festival
When: 7:50pm - 8:50pm, 14 August
Where: In front of Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
Mitsugi Summer Festival (Natsu Matsuri)
When: August 15
Where: Shopping Arcade of the Mitsugi Area
Fukuyama Summer Festival:
When:
August 13, 14, 15
Where: Main Shopping
Street (near Fukuyama Station); Fireworks over Ashida River
What: Parade and
fireworks (last day).
Onomichi Yoshiwa Taiko Dance
When: August 18th, every other year
Where:
Jodoji Temple
Hakata Island Festival
When: August 22
Where: Hakata Island
Setoda Summer Festival
When: August 22
Where: Sunset Beach, Setoda
Miyajima Tama-tori Festival
When: 10am, 22 August
Where: Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
Innoshima Fire and Sea Festival:
When:
August 29-30
Where: Shimanami beach, Ohama
town
What:
Boat race, festival, fireworks
Numakuma
Hibiki Matsuri
When:
Late August
9月
Mitsugi Fureai Fall Festival (Fureai Aki Matsuri)
Where:
Mitsugi Softball Ballpark's parking area.
Matsunaga Geta
Olympic Festival
When:
Mid September
Where:
JR Matsunaga station
Innoshima Castle Festival
When:
Mid to late September
Where:
Innoshima Castle
Innoshima Yacht Race
When:
September 20
Where:
Innoshima
10月
Saijo Sake Matsuri
When: Saturday 11 October, 11am - 8pm (last brewery entry 5pm);
Sunday 12 October 10am - 5pm (last brewery entry 4pm)
Where: Around the sake breweries in front of Saijo Station
Miyajima
Chrysanthemum Festival
When: 15th October, 6pm
Where: Itsukushima Shrine
What:
Traditional dance
Utsumi Fureai
(exchange) Festival
When: Mid October
Where: Fukuyama City Utsumi Friendship Hall
Onomichi Rice Cake Ceremony
When:
3rd Saturday in October
Where:
Sanba-Ushitora Shrine
Onomichi Kinosho Kane Taiko Dance
When:
The 3rd Sunday of October
Where:
Kinosho Heitaka Hachiman Shrine
Onomichi
Lantern Festival
When:
6pm-9pm
Where:
JR Onomichi station
What:
30,000 paper lanterns
Shimanami Island Ride
When:
Sunday 18th
Where: Shimanami Sea Road from Onomichi to Imabari
Bihoku Kyuryo Park Autumn Festival
When:
Sunday 18th,
Where:
Kokuei Bihoku Kyuryo Koen, Shobara
What:
"Cosmos" flower display (9:30am-5pm); Fireworks and Kagura performance
(5:50pm-9pm)
Hiroshima Food Festival
When:
24th - 25th
Where:
Hiroshima Castle
Sandankyo Maple Leaves Festival
When:
Sunday 25th, 11am-3pm
Where:
Sandankyo Gorge, Akiota-cho
What:
Maple leave viewing and Kagura performance.
Fukuyama
Gardening Festival
When:
Late October
Where:
Fukuyama Municipal Horticultural Center
Takehara
Candle Festival
When:
Saturday 31st - Sunday November 1st
Where:
Takehara city
What:
Historical buildings lit by candles
Onomichi Chrysanthemum Flower Festival
When:
From mid-October to mid-November
Where:
Senkoji Park
Fukuyama
chrysanthemum exhibition
When:
Mid October to Mid November
Where:
Fukuyama Castle grounds
11月
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View Autumn Leaves Changing Color
When:
Best early to mid November, but good into early December. |
Mihara
Castle Festival
When:
Sunday 1st, 5pm-9pm
Where:
JR Mihara station
What:
Samurai parade
Onomichi Betcha Festival
When:
Sunday 1st, 6pm-9:30pm
Where:
Ikkyu Shrine, and all over the city
Yuge Cultural Festival
When: Early November
Where: Yuge Island
Mukaishima Nikopinshan Festival
When:
November 5th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where:
Mukaishima Sports Park
Hiroshima
Ebisuko Festival
When: 18 November - 20 November
Where: In the streets surrounding Ebisu Shrine, behind the
Hachobori Tenmaya
Ichidate-taisai Festival
When: Late November
Where: Bingo Ichi-no-miya Kibitsu Shrine
12月
Fukuyama Light
Festa
When: Mid December (17:00 - 23:00)
Where: Fukuyama Museum of Art and Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of
History
Chinka-sai
Festival
When: 31st December, 6pm
Where: Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
Attractions
Hiroshima-ken
Okayama-ken
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Okayama city
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Kurashiki
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Yubara
Ehime-ken
Shimane-ken
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