Events & Gatherings

Festival Chugoku I

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Iwami Kagura

Across the Iwami region of western Shimane (Hamada, Masuda, Oda and others)

Serpents writhe across the entire stage. In the Iwami region of western Shimane, performers in dazzling masks and embroi

Festival Chugoku T

毎年7月

Tsuwano Sagi-mai: The Heron Dance

Yasaka Shrine, Tsuwano, Kanoashi, Shimane

Two men dressed as white herons enter the stream that runs through the center of Tsuwano. Their wings open slowly as the

Festival Chugoku M

例年8月中旬

Matsuyama Festival Fireworks

Shigenobu River, Matsuyama, Ehime

In the town of the Dogo hot spring, you watch the fireworks. Matsuyama, the largest city on Shikoku, is home to Dogo Ons

Festival Chugoku S

例年4月中旬〜下旬（約2週間）

Shikoku Konpira Kabuki

Kanamaru-za (Old Konpira Grand Theatre), 1241 Otsu, Kotohira, Kagawa

Once a year, the oldest playhouse in Japan is used for what it was built for. Kotohira, in Kagawa, at the foot of the l

Festival Chugoku I

例年10月上旬〜中旬が見頃

Ishizuchisan

Nishinokawa, Saijo, Ehime

Ishizuchi is the highest mountain in western Japan, at 1,982 metres, and it has been climbed as a religious act for far

Festival Chugoku D

例年10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃

Daisen

Daisenji, Daisen, Tottori

Around Daisenji the peak falls between late October and early November. Daisen is the high mountain of western Honshu's

Festival Chugoku M

例年10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃

Mitokusan

Sanbutsu-ji, Misasa, Tottori

The peak on Mitokusan runs late October to mid-November. The mountain rises to 899.7 metres on the border between Misasa

Festival Chugoku O

例年10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃

Oni-no-Shitaburui

Oni-no-Shitaburui, Okuizumo, Shimane

The colour at Oni-no-Shitaburui runs late October to mid-November. Oni-no-Shitaburui is a V-shaped gorge about two kilom

Festival Chugoku O

例年10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃

Okutsu-kei

Okutsu-kei, Kagamino, Okayama

Okutsu-kei carries its colour from late October to mid-November. The gorge runs about three kilometres near the village

Festival Chugoku C

例年10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃

Chomon-kyo

Chomon-kyo, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi

The season at Chomon-kyo runs late October to mid-November. Chomon-kyo is the middle stretch of the Abu river, a gorge s

Festival Chugoku T

例年10月下旬〜11月中旬が見頃

Tachikuekyo Gorge

Tachikuekyo Gorge, Ottachicho, Izumo, Shimane

At Tachikuekyo the rock turns before your eyes have adjusted to it. The colour comes early for a gorge — late October to

Festival Chugoku J

例年10月下旬〜11月下旬が見頃

Joeiji Sesshu Garden

Joeiji, 2001-1 Miyanoshimo, Yamaguchi

A painter laid out this garden, or so the tradition holds, and in November the garden repays the attribution. The Sesshu

Festival Chugoku K

例年11月中旬〜下旬が見頃

Kanba Falls

Kanba Falls, Kanba, Maniwa, Okayama

Kanba Falls does one thing, and does it vertically. The water drops a hundred and ten metres down a single rock face, tw

Festival Chugoku M

例年11月中旬〜下旬が見頃

Momijidani Park

Momijidani Park, Miyajimacho, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima

The autumn at Momijidani begins with a ferry. The park lies on Miyajima, in the valley that runs down from Mount Misen t

Festival Chugoku O

例年11月中旬〜下旬が見頃

Oboke Gorge

Oboke Gorge, Yamashirocho Kamyo, Miyoshi, Tokushima

The rock gets your attention before the leaves do. Oboke sits on the middle reaches of the Yoshino river, with thousand-

Festival Chugoku T

例年10月下旬〜11月上旬が見頃

Taishakukyo Gorge

Shinryuko, Taishakukyo Gorge, Shobara and Jinsekikogen, Hiroshima

There are two kinds of bridge in this gorge, and the difference between them is the whole visit. The first was cut by wa

Festival Chugoku U

例年4月上旬が見頃

Utsubuki Park Cherry Blossoms

Utsubuki Park, 722 Aoicho, Kurayoshi, Tottori

This park was built to commemorate a royal visit. Kurayoshi city records that Utsubuki Park was laid out in 1904 to mark

Festival Chugoku M

例年3月下旬〜4月上旬が見頃

Matsue Castle Cherry Blossoms

Matsue Jozan Park, Tonomachi, Matsue, Shimane

Only a hundred and ninety trees. Shimane prefecture gives the count for Matsue Jozan Park as about a hundred and ninety

Festival Chugoku H

例年3月下旬〜4月上旬が見頃

Hiikawa Embankment Cherry Avenue

Hiikawa embankment, Kisuki, Unnan, Shimane

The Hiikawa is the river of the Yamata-no-Orochi story. Along its embankment at Kisuki there are about eight hundred Som

Festival Chugoku S

例年3月下旬〜4月上旬が見頃

Senkoji Park Cherry Blossoms

Senkoji Park, 19 Nishitsuchidocho, Onomichi, Hiroshima

Fifteen hundred cherry trees on a slope above the sea. Senkoji Park climbs the side of Senkojiyama at Onomichi, and the

Festival Chugoku S

例年4月が見頃

Shobara Ueno Park Cherry Blossoms

Ueno Park, 1-chome Higashihonmachi, Shobara, Hiroshima

The circuit round the pond is two kilometres. That is about half an hour at a walking pace. Shobara's tourism site descr

Festival Chugoku T

例年3月下旬〜4月中旬が見頃

Tokiwa Park Cherry Blossoms

Tokiwa Park, 254 Okiube, Ube, Yamaguchi

There is a variety here of which the park has exactly six. Tokiwa Park gives its cherry total as about 3,500 and then br

Festival Chugoku K

例年4月上旬が見頃

Kikko Park and Kintaikyo Cherry Blossoms

Kikko Park, Yokoyama, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

The trees stand differently on the two sides of the bridge. The Kintaikyo is a wooden arched bridge over the Nishiki riv

Festival Chugoku K

例年4月上旬が見頃

Kotohiki Park Cherry Blossoms

Kotohiki Park, Ariakecho, Kanonji, Kagawa

There is an enormous drawing in the sand here. The Zenigata at Kotohiki Park measures 122 metres east to west, 90 north

Festival Chugoku M

例年4月上旬が見頃

Matsuyama Castle Cherry Blossoms

Matsuyama Castle, Marunouchi, Matsuyama, Ehime

Two hundred trees, with the early and the late ones deliberately mixed in. Most of the cherries at Matsuyama Castle are