Yamaguchi
Travel
2022.07.17
Yamaguchi is an easy-to-live prefecture that is open to the sea on three sides and is blessed with abundant nature and a warm climate.
This year is the first time in three years.
The venue will be decorated with 4,000 goldfish lanterns, and at night, about 2,500 will be lit with fantastic lights. In addition to the Yanai Goldfish Lantern Festival, a summer festival full of history and emotion will be held.
Reiwa 4th year 31st Yanai Goldfish Lantern Festival
A big summer event with the motif of Yanai’s folk craft “Goldfish lantern”. This year, it will be held as a festival where you can enjoy the atmosphere of the venue slowly under the light of goldfish lanterns.
| Date and time: | Main Festival: Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 15:30 to 20:00 Goldfish lantern decoration: August 6th (Sat) -31st (Wed), 4th year of Reiwa |
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| Location: | JR Yanai Station-Shirakabenomachi area (Yanai city center-Yanaizu) |
| Transportation: | 1 minute walk from JR Yanai Station, 20 minutes drive from Kuga IC on Sanyo Expressway |
| TEL: | Yanai City Commerce and Tourism Division Phone 0820-22-2111 |
The strange festival of the world “Suhoteisai” Shimonoseki City Iminomiya Shrine
It is a Shinto ritual held at Iminomiya Shrine, and the way the Nobori flutters in the summer breeze is a fantastic and tasteful festival.
This unique festival, in which the large temple of Moso bamboo is carried high in the sky and goes around the “Onishi” three times, is also called “the strange festival of the world”.
About 1800 years ago, the 14th Emperor Chuai is said to have started celebrating the victory of the demon subjugation, and has been designated as an intangible folk cultural property of Yamaguchi.
| Date and time: | August 7th (Sun) to 13th (Sat), 2022 19: 00-21: 30 |
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| Venue: | Iminomiya Shrine |
| Address: | 1-18 Chofumiyanouchicho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi |
| TEL: | Iminomiya Shrine Phone 083-245-1093 |
“Gotanshinsai” Hofu City Hofu Tenmangu Shrine
The Gotanshinsai is a festival to celebrate the birthday of Sugawara no Michizane, the god of rituals. Michizane was born on June 25th of the lunar calendar in 845, and the solar calendar of that year is August 5th. For three days from August 3rd to 5th, we will hold various dedication events such as fireworks display and Mantou evening to celebrate Michizane’s birthday.
| Date and time: | August 3rd (Wed) to 5th (Fri), 2022, 8:00 to 21:00 |
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| Venue: | Hofu Tenmangu Shrine |
| Address: | 14-1 Matsuzaki-cho, Hofu-shi, Yamaguchi |
| TEL: | Hofu Tenmangu Shrine Phone 083-523-7700 |
“Yamaguchi Tanabata Lantern Festival” Yamaguchi City
It is said that the guardian daimyo Moriharu Oouchi lit a high bamboo lantern on the night of Obon to pray for the souls of his ancestors during the Muromachi period, and it is a traditional festival that has continued for about 600 years.
Tens of thousands of red lanterns on bamboo give off a fantastic light, and the shopping street is beautifully colored by the tunnel of lanterns.
Even now, the candles are actually lit and decorated.
| Date and time: | Reiwa 4th August 6th (Sat) to 7th (Sun), 18: 00-21: 30 |
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| Venue: | Yamaguchi City Central Shopping District Area, Oden Area, Yuda Onsen Area |
| TEL: | Yamaguchi City Furusato Festival Executive Committee Phone 083-932-3456 |
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The recommended accommodation plans for the autumn leaf season in Oku Daisen.
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Aichi
[ROKU KYOTO] ‘Summer Festival Stay Plan’ to enjoy the mood of summer events such as festivals and fireworks displays.
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[Mother Farm] One million ‘Nemophila’ will soon be in full bloom.
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Limited edition original gin ‘NISHI-GIN’, jointly produced by a group of restaurants in Nishijin, on sale from 25 November.
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Winter special parfait at the Unjo Saryo café in the Tale of Genji Museum, Uji, Kyoto.
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Hiroshima
Art
Simose Art Museum, located in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, has been awarded the prestigious Versailles Prize as the “Most Beautiful Museum in the World.”
The award ceremony took place on December 2 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, marking a historic moment for the museum and Japanese architecture.
The Versailles Prize Website:https://www.prix-versailles.com/2024
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Food
December sees the arrival of a number of Christmas breads. The Snowman with his cute smiling face is a sweet loaf with two different flavours: pudding cream and chocolate cream. It is a heartwarming treat with flavours that both children and adults can enjoy.
Also back this year is the popular Japanese Stollen, which was a big hit last year. This is a special cake that can only be tasted at Kimuraya, using Japanese-inspired ingredients such as persimmons, figs and koshi-an (sweet bean paste). Please take this opportunity to try Kimuraya’s limited edition Christmas bread.
Hiroshima
Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is hosting the exhibition “ZIPANGU: Contemporary Artists Who Defined the Heisei Era” (November 2, 2024 – December 22, 2024). This showcase brings together works by some of the most prominent figures in Japan’s contemporary art scene, including Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Makoto Aida, Yoshitomo Nara, Chiharu Shiota, Izumi Kato, Akira Yamaguchi, and Miwa Komatsu. The exhibition has already garnered significant attention, exceeding 10,000 visitors.
HYAKKEI covered the dialogue between contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and Sueo Mizuma, the curator of this exhibition, held at the RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima. We also conducted an exclusive interview with Mr. Mizuma.
The discussions centered on the aspirations behind the ZIPANGU exhibition and offered forward-looking insights, not only into Japan’s art world but also into the rediscovery of value within Japanese culture by its people.
Osaka
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Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Hiroshima
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Culture
Two types of paper seals made exclusively for autumn, ‘Chrysanthemum and Tanzaku’ and ‘Autumn Leaves and Candles’, have been available since Monday 9 September at Daisho-in Temple on the World Heritage island of Miyajima. Quantities are limited and will run out as soon as they are gone.
Kyoto
Restaurant
Event
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
