[Miyagi Prefecture] Introducing the highlights of the upcoming "Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai"!

"Pokémon GO Fest 2024" was held in Sendai for 4 days from May 30th to June 2nd, and people from all over Japan and all over the world visited and the event was surprisingly exciting! And then the event ended, and normally I would feel a little lonely after the festival...but this time it's different.

"Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai" will be held, bringing together festivals from all over Tohoku There is another big festival the week after the big festival. Although Sendai is in a rare situation that is difficult to experience, we have looked into the highlights of "Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai"!

Overview of Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai

began in 2017 as a successor event to the Tohoku Rokukon Festival , which was born to pray for recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Festivals from six cities in the Tohoku region came together to hold festivals in Sendai City in 2017, Morioka City in 2018, Fukushima City in 2019, postponed to 2020, Yamagata City in 2021, Akita City in 2022, and Aomori City in 2023. One round. In 2024, I returned to Sendai City again.

Event overview

• Name: Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai
• Event date and time: June 8, 2024 (Sat) 10:00-20:00 / June 9, 2024 (Sun) 10:00-17:00
• Venue: Nishi Park, Aobayama Park, etc.
• Parade: June 9, 2024 (Sunday) 13:30-16:00 (scheduled)
• Parade course: Jozenji-dori (Bansui-dori intersection) - Higashi Nibancho-dori (before Aoba-dori intersection)

Highlights of Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai

At the main venue, Sendai Nishi Park, you can enjoy a variety of Tohoku gourmet food, local beer and wine, as well as exhibits of Nebuta and Fukushima's giant waraji, and stage events such as Nebuta Jumper performance and Akita Kanto performance. However, personally, the main attractions the parade and Blue Impulse !

A parade that brings together six festivals representing Tohoku

Speaking of Kizuna Festival, it is definitely a parade! The Aomori Nebuta Festival, Akita Kanto Festival, Morioka Sansa Odori, Yamagata Hanagasa Festival, Sendai Tanabata Festival, Fukushima Waraji Festival, and other Tohoku summer festivals representing each city come together and parade through the city.

Summer festivals in Tohoku are held at very similar times, so if you take into consideration things like securing accommodation, you should normally be able to see one per season, or even two if you try hard. However, at Kizuna Matsuri, you can enjoy all six festivals at once!

Of course, the scale of each festival is smaller compared to the main festivals held in various places, but I think there are few people in Tohoku who have been to all the festivals, so what is the point of saying that you can experience them all? It's a very valuable opportunity!

By the way, the service area is the yellow part in the image below, from Jozenji Dori to Higashi Nibancho Dori . The schedule is June 9th (Sunday) from 13:30 to 16:00 (scheduled)

Blue Impulse exhibition flight

And on Saturday the 8th, Blue Impulse will fly! The other day, the roar of an airplane suddenly echoed through Sendai City, causing some confusion among the citizens of Sendai.It appears that they were practicing their demonstration flight for the Kizuna Festival there.

The exhibition flight will be held on June 8th (Saturday) from 11:00 to 11:30 . We will fly over Sendai City centered on Aobayama Park venue (Kawauchi, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture). also scheduled to take place at the same location on the previous day, June 7th (Friday) from 11:00 to 11:30

If you have difficulty making plans for the day, you may be able to see it by looking up at the sky in Sendai City the day before.

Aobayama Park Google Maps

Related events will also be held at various locations in the city center.

On that day, the entire city center will be in a festive mood, and many related events will be held. There are many other events besides those introduced here, so if you want to know more, please check the link below.

Link: Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai – Related events

Only Tatemachi (Jozenji-dori Green Belt)）

A food and beverage event will be held in the green area of ​​Jozenji-dori Street in collaboration with each vendor and six sake breweries from Tohoku. This seems to be held until 21:00 even after the Kizuna Festival ends, so it's the perfect place to toast under the night sky without losing the excitement of the festival!

Jozenji Street Google Maps

Tohoku Tourism Products Exhibition ~ more TOHOKU A journey to discover more of Tohoku ~ (Sendai Station)

At Sendai Station, a tourism and product exhibition titled ``Tohoku Tourism and Products Exhibition - more TOHOKU - A journey to discover more of Tohoku -'' will be held to introduce the food and regional charms of the six prefectures of Tohoku. You can also look for festival souvenirs here.

Sendai Station Google Maps

Tohoku Umaimon Festival (Nishikicho Park)

A gourmet event will be held at Nishikicho Park, Riku Gyutan Sumiyaki You can enjoy gourmet food and drinks in an area with more than 20 restaurants from all over Tohoku.

Nishikicho Park Google Maps

summary

Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai will be held on a large scale at various locations in the center of Sendai city. There are so many highlights that it's difficult to tell everything about them, but the important points are that the Blue Impulse flies for two days, and the parade is only held on Sunday the 9th .

On Saturday, enjoy stage events with Blue Impulse around Nishi Park and Aobayama Park. On Sunday, it might be a good idea to watch the parade while enjoying gourmet food and drinks around Jozenji Dori and Kotodai Park!

Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai <Information>

• Name: Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai
• Event date and time: June 8, 2024 (Sat) 10:00-20:00 / June 9, 2024 (Sun) 10:00-17:00
• Venue: Nishi Park, Aobayama Park, etc.
• Parade: June 9, 2024 (Sunday) 13:30-16:00 (scheduled)
• Parade course: Jozenji-dori (Bansui-dori intersection) - Higashi Nibancho-dori (before Aoba-dori intersection)
• Sponsor: Tohoku Kizuna Festival Executive Committee
• Official URL: https://tohoku-kizunamatsuri.jp/

Nishi Park (main venue) Google Maps