murmurPeace Message Lantern Floating (Toro Nagashi)
Hiroshima City · Motoyasu River by Peace Memorial Park, across from the Atomic Bomb Dome
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Toro Nagashi Organizing Committee · Last checked: Oct 10, 2026
Dates
Dates confirmed with official sources
- 2026
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 （Ended） 18:00–21:30 (opening ceremony from 17:30)
- 2027
- Dates have not been announced yet. Please check the official website.
- Usual timing
- Usually early August
- How the date is set
- Every year on August 6
- Venue
- Motoyasu River by Peace Memorial Park, across from the Atomic Bomb Dome
- City
- Hiroshima City, Hiroshima
About
After dark on August 6, the anniversary of the atomic bombing, the Motoyasu River beside Peace Memorial Park fills with floating lanterns. The practice is said to date from around 1947, when people who had lost family and friends to the bomb of August 6, 1945 set homemade lanterns on the river in their memory. Today it is kept going by Hiroshima shopping-street associations and citizen volunteers. Anyone can join in. Buy a lantern sheet at a reception tent and write your thoughts on peace or life on the colored paper. You can then assemble it and launch it yourself from the riverside terrace, or hand it to the organizers to release from their boat. The lights drift slowly downstream with the Atomic Bomb Dome on the far bank.
Sources
- OfficialToro Nagashi Organizing Committee www.chushinren.jp
- OfficialHiroshima Tourism Association (Dive! Hiroshima) dive-hiroshima.com
Last checked: Oct 10, 2026. Event information is based on official announcements, but changes may not always be reflected here. Please check each official website for accurate details.
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