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Launched over the Kanmon Strait separating Honshu from Kyushu, Shimonoseki's summer fireworks festival fires shells from both the Honshu and Kyushu shores simultaneously, creating a double-sided show viewed from the strait. The reflected colours on the narrow rushing channel water make this one of western Japan's most dramatic fireworks settings.
During Obon (mid-August), the streets of Yamaguchi city are adorned with thousands of hanging lanterns (chochin) in a tradition dating to 1448. Red-lacquered lanterns line the paths to Rurikoji Temple's five-storey pagoda and Kozan Park's Buddhist halls, creating a meditative evening atmosphere that continues for several nights.
Shimonoseki handles 80% of Japan's fugu (puffer fish) and celebrates its most prized ingredient with seasonal festivals including the Fugu Convention in spring, when hundreds of certified chefs prepare fugu in every possible form โ sashimi (tessa), hot pot (tecchiri), fugu sake, and fugu karaage โ at stalls throughout the city.
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