JFE West Japan Festa in Fukuyama Taking Place May 12th!

May seems to be a busy month for Fukuyama, festival-wise. The string of festivals post-Golden Week begins with the JFE Steel company’s West Japan Festa, which coincides with Mother’s Day. The JFE West Japan steel manufacturing plant is a bit hard to reach without private transportation, so a free shuttle bus to the event site will be running from JR Daimon Station’s south exit every twenty minutes. In addition to live entertainment on stage like a comedic duo and various dance groups, there will also be lots of fun challenges for families with kids to partake in, such as a cookie baking workshop and a hoop shooting challenge inside the gymnasium. Visitors may even encounter celebrities like Doraemon or Hiroshima-born singer Hitomi Shimatani if they swing by the stage area at the right time!