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7/01/2008 - 7/31/2008Miyajima Shrine Festival
Hiroshima,
Japan
You may well have seen the vermilion gateway to Itsukushima Shrine rising majestically from the waters of the Inland Sea. During the Kangensai music festival, courtly life of the Heian period returns to this most serene of Japan's shrines. Colourful boats pass under the gateway (torii) filled with musicians and dancers of the period. For 800 years Itsukushima has celebrated the goddess of the sea by ferrying her portable shrine (mikoshi) across the water from its home in the holy island of Miyajima to Jigozen Shrine on the Japanese mainland, accompanied by hundreds of fishing boats decorated with lanterns.
Themes:
Kids' Stuff
, Dance
, History
, Art & Literature
, Spectacle
, Culture
, Religion
, Music
Hours: TBC. Usually 1600-2300
Cost: Free
Where: Itsukushima Shrine
Miyajima
Hiroshima, Japan
Getting there:
Rail: From Hiroshima JR Station to Miyajima-guchi Station then ferry to Miyajima island
Contact Information:
Japanese National Tourist Office
Tourist Information Centre
10th Floor Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan Building
2-10-1 Yurakucho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
100 0006
Japan
Telephone: +81 (0)3 3201 3331.
Website: www.seejapan.co.uk
