Culture Moomin Comic Strips Exhibition: Hiroshima 2021 Jul 17th - Sep 5th 2021 Past Event The Moomins are characters in a cartoon series developed by Finnish illustrator Tove Jansson, and they've become quite popular..
Culture En Route to Impressionism 2020 Sep 12th - Nov 3rd 2020 Past Event From September 12th to November 3rd, the Shimane Art Museum in Matsue is hosting a special exhibition of 19th century French p..
Culture Finnish Design for Everyday Life 2020 Oct 10th - Nov 15th 2020 Past Event The exhibition "Finnish Design for Everyday Life" will take place at the Tottori Prefectural Museum from October 10 until November..
Culture Courbet and the Sea 2020-2021 Dec 19th 2020 - Feb 21st 2021 Past Event A special exhibition taking place at the Fukuyama Art Museum in Hiroshima looks at the works of Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), a French..
Culture Niimi Fishing Contest 2025 Early May Every year Niimi City hosts it annual fishing contest plus an unusual type of fishing contest especially for kids, held on May..
Culture Naked Man Festival 2026 Mid Feb Brave the cold of February in Okayama for the Saidaiji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri, also known as the Naked Man Festival, and considered..
Culture Fukuyama Ashida River Fireworks Festival 2025 Mid Aug The fireworks display by the Ashida River in Fukuyama is the perfect location to bring the city's three-day summer festival..
Activities Yokogawa Fushigi Festival 2025 Tuesday - Apr 29th Old, charming Hiroshima suburb of Yokogawa, transformed for a day into a bustling, "mysterious" festival