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[Recommended Autumn Festivals: Akita Edition] 3 History and Traditional Akita Autumn Festivals

When it comes to Akita festivals, it seems that there are many summer festivals from July to August, such as the Akita Kanto Festival, but charming autumn festivals are also held everywhere. In this article...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.08.16

[Recommended Autumn Festivals: Aomori Edition] Introducing the Aomori autumn festivals and local gourmet food!

When it comes to festivals in Aomori Prefecture, summer festivals held in early August are held nationwide, such as the Aomori Nebuta Festival, Hirosaki Neputa Festival, Goshogawara Tachinebuta, and even the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival.

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.08.14

Hachinohe Sanja Taisai festival float ①

Over 1 million people attend the Hachinohe Sansha Festival, which originated from the Ogami Shrine festival...

When people think of summer festivals in Aomori Prefecture, the Aomori Nebuta Festival probably comes to mind, but Hachinohe City also has a large-scale summer festival that represents Aomori called the Hachinohe Sansha Festival.

AoiwaAoiwa2024.07.31

[2024 event information] Sendai Tanabata Festival, where gorgeous Tanabata decorations decorate the city!

The Sendai Tanabata Festival, which gracefully colors the city of Sendai, will be held again this year for four days from August 5th (Monday) to 8th (Thursday), including the pre-festival (Sendai Tanabata Fireworks Display)! Visitors may be allowed to stay longer during the festival period...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2024.07.19

[2024 event information] Crimson dances in the city! “Hanagasa Festival” in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture

The Yamagata Hanagasa Festival is held every year in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture for three days, 5, 6, and 7 in August, with a fixed date. The festival, which brings together a total of approximately 139 groups and 9,800 dancers over three days, will be held in Tohoku Region...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2024.07.17

Morioka Sansa dance (stamina)

[2024 event information] “Morioka Sansa Odori” colors the summer of Iwate Morioka

Morioka City was selected as one of the "52 places to visit in 2023" by the New York Times. The Morioka Sansa Odori Festival, which marks its 47th year this year, colors the summer in Morioka. The Sansa Odori...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2024.07.17

Fukushima Waraji Festival

[2024 event information] One of Tohoku's six major festivals! The biggest waraji in Japan! Fukushima Waraji Festival

The Fukushima Waraji Festival will be held again this year for three days, from Friday, August 2nd to Sunday, August 4th! This festival, one of the six major festivals in the Tohoku region, has long been loved by locals as a place of relaxation and...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2024.07.17

Akita Kanto Festival

[2024 event information] Akita's three major Tohoku festivals "Kanto Festival"

The Akita Kanto Festival, one of the three major festivals in the Tohoku region, is said to feature approximately 280 poles parading through the streets in one night, with as many as 10,000 paper lanterns.

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2024.07.16

Aomori Nebuta Festival | Nebuta Grand Prize (2023)

[2024 Event Information] The Aomori Nebuta Festival is the most famous summer festival in Tohoku! The parade route will be slightly different...

This year, the Aomori Nebuta Festival will be held for six days from Wednesday, August 2nd to Monday, August 7th (with a pre-festival on August 1st)! Locals are excited about this world-famous festival...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2024.07.16

Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

[Yamagata Prefecture] The roots of the Yamagata Hanagasa lie in Obanazawa! Labor resulting from embankment construction...

Yamagata Prefecture's Hanagasa Festival is known as one of the six major festivals in the Tohoku region. Its trademark is the hats decorated with safflower, the prefectural flower of Yamagata. The Hanagasa Ondo chant "Yasho Makasho" is a must-hear...

NEFT Editorial DepartmentNEFT Editorial Department2024.07.09

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