
Hiroshima Mint Cherry Blossom Viewing
The Hiroshima branch of the Japan Mint has a garden of late blossoming cherry trees.
The Hiroshima branch of the Japan Mint has a garden of late blossoming cherry trees.
The Hiroshima Flower Festival is a lot more than a simple flower show.
As the sun goes down, feast your eyes on thousands of lanterns and a traditional Japanese dance performed by 100 shrine maidens in red and white.
Time to break out your yukata and usher in the summer months.
Kangen-sai is the largest and greatest annual festival held at the Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima island.
Each year, on August 6, candle-lit lanterns are set afloat on the Motoyasu River.
Get ready for some ritual fire-walking at the Hi-watari Festival.
It seems Miyajima is known for having hot feet as this takes place only 10 days after the Fire-Walking Ceremony at Daiganji Temple is held. What happens? The fire walking is part of a bigger …