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Akita Kanto Festival

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

At the Akita Kanto Festival, one of the three major Tohoku festivals, one of Tohoku's leading festivals, about 280 Kanto Festival travelled along the streets overnight, and it is said that the number of lanterns will reach as many as 10,000. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media...

NEFT Editorial Department2024.07.16

Aomori Nebuta Festival | Nebuta Grand Prize (2023)

[2024 event information] Aomori Nebuta Festival is the summer festival in Tohoku! The operating method has changed slightly...

This year, the Aomori Nebuta Festival will be held on a six-day schedule from Wednesday, August 2nd to Monday, August 7th (they will be held on August 1st)! The excitement in the local area is eager to see Aomori holding a world-renowned festival...

NEFT Editorial Department2024.07.16

Yamagata Hanagasa Festival

[Yamagata Prefecture] The roots of Yamagata Hanagasa are in Obanazawa! Labor born from embankment construction...

Hanagasa Festival in Yamagata Prefecture is known as one of the six great festivals in Tohoku. His trademark is a hat decorated with flowers and safflowers in Yamagata Prefecture. Once you hear the shouting of Hanagasa Ondo's "Yashos Makasho"...

NEFT Editorial Department2024.07.09

Tohoku Kizuna Festival 2024 Sendai

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

For four days from May 30th to June 2nd, the "Pokémon GO Fest 2024" was held in Sendai, and people from all over Japan and around the world were visited and were shockingly excited...

NEFT Editorial Department2024.06.04

Procession with lanterns and main hall

Kuroishiji Somin Festival, which has brought the curtain down over 1,000 years of history | 2024 local report [Iwate Prefecture]

This year marks the end of the Kuroishiji Somin Festival's history of over 1,000 years has concluded. It has been a hot topic in various places since early on, but I can't just pass the ending without ever seeing it! That's...

AoiwaAoiwa2024.02.22

What is "Nirohamataki"? The winter icefall is lit up and is a great spot for Instagram! [...

Aomori Prefecture offers views of the seasons. Among them, Niihogataki in Nishimeya Village is a relaxing spot where you can feel fresh greenery and negative ions in the summer, while the waterfall freezes in winter, making it an illusion of festivals and lights...

Hana OdagiriHana Odagiri2023.12.22

Four traditional festivals in Nihonmatsu City! Introducing the highlights [Fukushima Prefecture]

Nihonmatsu City, a castle town of 100,000 koku, has the Nihonmatsu Lantern Festival, which is said to be one of Japan's three major lantern festivals, the Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Doll, which is the largest in Japan, and the Harido no Abare Mountain, which has a tradition of over 400 years...

natsukinatsuki2023.09.26

[Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture] The biggest festival in Aizu! Aizu Festival 2023 holding information

Aizuwakamatsu City is home to the present day, with its history, culture and traditions, including its symbolic Tsuruga Castle. The Aizu Festival will take place over three days in Aizuwakamatsu city where you can feel the history...

natsukinatsuki2023.08.30

[Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture] Shinjo Festival, an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, said to be the largest parade of floats in Japan

The Shinjo Festival is a summer festival held for three days from August 24th to 26th in the former castle town of Shinjo, located in northern Yamagata Prefecture. The mountain is so gorgeous that it is said to be the "biggest float line in Japan"...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2023.07.31

[Tohoku Six Prefectures] Enjoy Tohoku's summer festivals to the fullest! ~Summer Festival Complete Guide~

In this period of the height of summer, we are thinking about the summer festival... Due to restrictions on behavior and self-restraint during the COVID-19 pandemic, many have been refraining from summer festivals in recent years, but this year, many are holding a full-scale summer festival...

SatomioriSatomiori2023.07.27

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