The Ekin Matsuri (festival) is held at night in July every year in the Akaoka town arcade in Konan City to celebrate the Edo-era painter known as Ekin (Hirose Kinzo). Ekin’s famous folding screens, on which he depicted mainly dynamic, theatrical (and sometimes gruesome) scenes well over a hundred years ago, are displayed along the streets of Akaoka, each lit from behind by a single candle for maximum atmospheric effect.
If your visit doesn’t coincide with the Ekin Festival you can still admire his work at the Ekin Museum, open all year round.
