Toukasan Grand Festival | Hiroshima
Celebration
The Touka-san Festival, one of Hiroshima's three major festivals, is a festival dedicated to Inari Daimyojin at Enryu-ji Temple. Its name comes from the fact that Inari Daimyojin does not say "inari" when chanting, but "Touka", which is the Japanese pronunciation. The festival begins on the first Friday of June every year and lasts for three days, including Saturday and Sunday, and the sacred objects of Touka Daimyojin are only open to the public during these three days of the year. Touka-san is also known as the "Yukata First Wearing Festival". During the festival, the shrine is crowded with believers in yukata, which is very lively.