Along with the fireworks, the Miyajima Winter Evening Market will be offered along the Miyajima Sanbashi shopping street, with more than 30 shops offering food, drinks and craft workshops.

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--Visitors to Miyajima island here will face a new tax of 100 yen (70 cents) starting Oct. 1 next year to pay for much-needed upgrades to tourist facilities.