Hiroshima Days - Be a local

Have you ever heard of Kagura before? In Kanji, it is written “神楽”, meaning “the gods enjoy”. Would that help imagine what it is like? It is actually one of the Shinto rituals and is a performance of song and dance dedicated to the gods. Kagura is performed all over Japan, but the style differs by region. In Hiroshima, Kagura is a festival of thanksgiving to God and nature. When the harvest is over in autumn, Kagura is performed at many shrines, including those in Hiroshima City. In Kagura performances around Hiroshima, several actors and flute and drum players perform a story like a musical. It is quite rhythmic, and the children in the audience may even dance along with them. As this culture is deeply connected with agriculture, the stage is not in a formal theater, but in a very casual one. There are no professional Kagura troupes. Normally, pe...

As you can see on the Google maps, the center of the Hiroshima city is on the river delta. Back in 1589, Mori Terumoto, the grandson and successor of the warlord Mori Motonari started to build the Hiroshima Castle in the largest delta of those made up of 7 (currently, the reconstruction of the river made it 6) rivers. In order to defend the castle from the enemy, a ditch called "hori -moat-" is usually built, and Hiroshima Castle was built by using rivers as its moat. The only moat that remains today is the inner-most moat, but if you walk around the city carefully, you can see stone pillars standing next to the moat on the sites of a building called a "yagura -tower-" that was built for the purpose of security. As time passed, land reclamation progressed and the delta became a bustling city with people. There are still some places where you can see the remnants of this history.

Would you like to send a message on a lantern with a prayer for peace? You can send your pray to Hiroshima from wherever in the world you are. On August 6, the day of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, lanterns are floated on the river to commemorate those who passed away in the bombing. Although it may take a little longer for you to float the lanterns directly on the river in Hiroshima like before, you can create your own lanterns on your PC or mobile and float them. Please type a message with pray for peace. You can create your digital floating lantern with message for free on the following website until August 15, 2021. https://message.tsuguten.com/en/ The messages you send will then be shown on 18 digital signages throughout the city of Hiroshima. Especially on August 6, more messages from more people will be posted.

Has there ever been a tour where you could fully enjoy the islands of the Seto Inland Sea this much? What's more, boarding this stylish small cruise ship, SEA SPICA, will be an adventure in itself! Features of this Cruising - Shimo-Kamagarijima Island - Okunoshima Island - Osaki-shimojima Island, Mitarai District Features of this small cruise ship Maps - Courses - Hiroshima Port - Mihara Port Features of this Cruising The Seto Inland Sea is a very calm, lake-like sea with many islands floating in the water. Many of these islands, of various sizes and shapes, are home to people who live and work there. On this cruise, you will see these islands up close, stopping by two of the most distinctive islands. (There are two courses; Eastbound and the Westbound, and each course stops by two islands.) Shimo-Kamagarijima Island Duration of stay: 70 minutes. For the Eastbound course only. In  Edo period (1603-1868),  San-no-se  district...