広島の8月に開催されるイベント2件。ピーク日はホテルが2〜3ヶ月前埋まる — 有名な祭りや花火は特に早い者勝ちです。
August 6
Solemn annual ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park marking the atomic bombing (1945). Bell rings at 8:15 AM. Evening lantern-floating ceremony on the Motoyasu River — 10,000 lanterns for the dead.
アクセス: Genbaku Dome-mae streetcar stop — Peace Memorial Park
Mid-August (typically August 11-14)
Fireworks launched from a barge in front of the iconic red torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine. Water-borne fireworks bloom on the sea surface — a scene found nowhere else in Japan.
アクセス: Ferry from Miyajimaguchi (JR Sanyo Line) — 10 min crossing
