Dec.31 (Fri) - Jan.5 (Wed) Itsukushima Shrine New Year Ceremonies

2010 is almost over... How fast time goes by!!

Many ceremonies are held in Miyajima during New Year Holidays.
Please check the informations as below:

Dec 31

　●Chinka-sai Festival

Impressive festival held at Miyajima's Itsukushima Shrine on New Year's Eve to pray for the prevention of fire while seeing the old year out.

For a night to remember (or at least never forget), bundle up and fill those flasks full of warming cheer, and hang around as the crowds build in the run up to midnight as the New Year gets rung in by the temple bells. If you haven't had enough by then, make the early morning trek up to the top of Mt. Misen to catch the first sunrise of the New Year.


Jan 1, 2011

• Shin-i Kenjo-shiki Ceremony (offering new clothes to deities)
• Saitan-sai Festival Ceremony starts at noon.
• Bugaku traditional dance performance starts at 5:30am.

Jan 2

• Futsukasai Ceremony 09:00
• Bugaku performance 13:00

Jan 3

• Genshisai Ceremony 09:00
• Bugaku performance 13:00

Jan 5

• Chikyusai Ceremony and Bugaku performance 05:30
  Includes Batoh (Sunrise Dance) only performed once a year on this day.

We hope everyone had a good year and 2011 will be filled with lots of laughter!

!!! Ａttention please !!!! New Year holidays in Hiroshima♪

!!! Ａttention please !!!! New Year holidays in Hiroshima ♪




Have a great time on New year holidays in Hiroshima !!!

Dec.18(Sat) Techno Nippon Series in Hiroshima

Hiroshima DJs hope to do better on the decks than the Carp do on the field as they go up against techno DJs representing the other Central League team towns.

Put together by two Hiroshima veteran DJs and party promoters, RINN and okamOTO, if you really like your techno "bangin'", this is your night.

●Maru




●Groovetune




●Takami




●Takayuki Kamiya

●tomo iwasaki


●okamOTO




Tickets:
Advance or on door Twitter follower: ¥1500 (incl 1 drink)
Door: ¥2000(incl 1 drink)

Place: MUGEN∞5610 (on the 2nd Floor)

3rd Dec. - 3rd Jan. 2010 Kure Illumination

At Kure which is the city of YAMATO have illumination Now.

You can see the illuminations like Battle ship Yamato, 1/20 scale of Airplane Carrier Akagi which the real one was constructed in Kure, and more about military.

Place:Kuramoto-dori
Time:17:00 - 23:00
Term: 3rd of Dec.(Fri.) - 3rd of Jan.(Mon.) 2011
Access: 10min. by walk from JR Kure Sta.

30min. by JR Kure-line from Hiroshima Sta.

Dec 18th(Sat)JUZU a.k.a. MOOCHY @ Bar EDGE

Dec 18th(Sat)JUZU a.k.a. MOOCHY @ Bar EDGE




Popular spinner of deep and eclectic dance grooves at Edge.

Also making a guest appearance is Haruchika from Yamaguchi's club People and turntable support is provided by local DJs Chockee, Yoshinori, MSNRIXXX and Sueda-Chikara. There's also a live set by Masumo Tokota　Likely to be quite lively.

It's gonna be cool night.So I will be there at the night!!

Links:

• JUZU a.k.a. MOOCHY Myspace
• Masumoto Kota Myspace
• Chockee

Admission:
Adv: ¥2000 (plus 1 ¥500 drink order)
Door: ¥2500 (plus 1 ¥500 drink order)

Address: Edge Hiroshima-shi, Naka-ku, Nagarekawa-cho 8-13 B1 Heiwa-dori end of Nagarekawa-dori.

Dates/Times:
18 December 21:00 ～

Dec.18(Sat) Hiroshima Jin Daigaku Bilingual Classes in December

There hasn't been a whole lot of bilingual support in the classes offered by community learning group Hiroshika Jin Daigaku. Up to now, that is.

Two of December's three classes will have bilingual (Japanese and English) support. The first is the Walk Tange's "Peace Line" [en] Architecture Walk, followed by a Vegan osechi Japanese New Year's food cooking workshop.

You have to be registered member of Hiroshima Jin Daigaku, but registration is free and can be done in English here.

Times and meeting points:

Architecture Walk: 13:30-16:30
Meet at Open Seminar Room 1 on the 3rd Floor of the Hiroshima International Conference Center from 13:00. (5-min walk from J-Hoppers Hiroshima)

Vegan Osechi Cooking: 18:00-20:30
Meet at Hiroshima Chuo Kominkan (Jisshushitu 実習室) from 17:30.
(20-min walk from J-Hoppers Hiroshima)