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Enjoy Hiroshima's traditional art form, Kagura, in the middle of Hiroshima City

You are lucky if you are in Hiroshima on Wednesday night. It is because you can see Kagura , one of Hiroshima's representative Traditional Performing Arts, in the downtown area of Hiroshima City. But what is Kagura then? Click here ( Kagura Monzen Touji Village ) Originally, Kagura was performed at local shrines after rice planting or harvesting, but now it is performed once a week on Wednesday nights in the center of Hiroshima City so that people who come from all over the world can see this enjoyable traditional performance. Hiroshima Kagura , like a play, is made up of a story. For example, in the play " Yamata no Orochi ," which is known by most people in Hiroshima, the god Susanoo-no-mikoto defeats a giant snake and saves an elderly couple whose daughters are swallowed by the snake every year. ©Hiroshima Prefectural Citizens' Culture Center Even if you don't understand the words, you will be able to recognize the gods, demons, samurai, etc. by the facial ex...
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Let's share your message of peace through lantern ceremony

Lantern-floating Ceremony ** Following the last year, this event scheduled for Aug.6, 2021 is cancelled. Only the ceremony of memorial lantern is going to be carried from 6PM by those involved in this event’s executive committee. **Please also check the Online Lantern Floating event 2021 . Anyone in the world can join and send a message for peace. It is said that the lantern-floating ceremony had begun when those who lost their relatives and friends on August 6th started to float lanterns made by hand on the river to pray for the departed lives, a few years after the World War II. At the beginning, people used to write the name of the people lost on the paper lantern. But for these years, more of those who come from out-of-Hiroshima write the messages of peace and place it in the river; in other words, the lantern-floating ceremony has meaning of message of peace, as well as praying for the departed souls. Even nowadays, the embers from the dropped atomic bomb is used to lighten ...
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Cycling the Tobishima Kaido

When you hear the words "Setouchi Cycling," all you imagine is the "Shimanami Kaido"? With many islands in the sea of Hiroshima as well as many bridges spanning them, the area is full of places suitable for cycling. Here, we would like to introduce the Tobishima Kaido (Tobishima Sea Route). The Tobishima Kaido can be accessed from Kure City, which is closer to Hiroshima City than Shimanami Kaido. The route includes seven bridges of various sizes connecting the mainland with seven islands, and the shortest distance is about 30 kilometers. Of course, it can be made shorter if you prefer. The name of "Tobishima" came from the "stepping stones", which you can find in Japanese gardens placed to adjust to people's stride for walking; it represents the islands scattered like stepping stones in the sea. One of the highlights of ...
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