New Year's visit to a shrine Info

Have you visited to a shrine on New Year's days?
Here are some places to visit in Hiroshima.
We visit to shrine on New Year's to wish for good fortune at the beginning to the year.

Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine 広島護国神社　(Down town area/ expected visitors 600,000)

大きな地図で見る

Jodoji 浄土寺(Onomichi/ expected visitors 30,000)

大きな地図で見る


Kameyama Jinja 亀山神社(Kure /expetected visitors 100,000)

大きな地図で見る

and of course Miyajima too~

Why don't you experience Japanese Oshogatsu~

☆Chinka-Sai in Miyajima☆

It's getting much colder these days..Need Kotatsu to keep me warm:)

Itsukushima Shrine’s Chinkasai Festival is held every December 31st from 6pm, providing a show visitors are unlikely to forget. The festival is intended to protect both the Shrine and the town from disastrous fires, a real concern where, traditionally, close-set buildings were constructed largely of wood and paper. The way the festival approaches the problem, however, may seem a bit counterintuitive.



Late in the evening, crowds of young men begin to gather in the area before the Shrine. An huge fire is lit and the men, working in teams, scramble to take hold of enormous torches made of bundled pine wood. With the torches blazing and smoking, the men dash for the Otorii gate and for a time the whole sea between the Shrine and the gate appears to be on fire. Chinkasai is sometimes translated as the “fire-sating” festival, and the idea seems to be that by feeding fire now, the Shrine and town will be spared its hunger later. An interesting idea, and a dramatic and exciting display.



Only 25minutes from Hiroshima station to Miyajimaguchi station, transfer to ferry which takes 10,minutes!
You can have 2 great experience at once! Sightseeing Miyajima(World Heritage) and Japanese Traditional Festival which held only once a year!!

"Shobara Illumination 2011 (Hiroshima)" started on Nov 18.

"Shobara Illumination 2011 (Hiroshima)" started on Nov 18




One Million light bulbs will illuminate a couple of areas, including the "Field of Light,""Light Tunnel," and "Light Maze."

It takes about 1 hour and 10min from hiroshima Bus center .1300yen～