Festival/Event Name: Three major festivals of Tohoku
Prefecture: Aomori, Akita and Miyagi Prefectures
Area Name: Aomori City, Akita City, Sendai City

See why locals say this buzz-worthy festival gets bigger and better each year

The Tohoku Summer Festival is called “Aomori Festival”, “Akita Pole Festival” and “Sendai Tanabata Festival”.It is a summer festival which can experience the technique and beauty of the tradition of the Japan unique, such as splendid pole light that colors the night sky, a colorful graceful bamboo light as the rice ear of a powerful float and golden color.It was held in early August every year, and the city encased to the heat of the summer.During this time, many travel agencies have toured the festival and many tourists from all over the country visit Japan.

“Aomori Festival” is a huge parade of great power over the city.

This is the largest summer festival in Aomori, Aomori, in the six days of August 2 to 7.The main character of the festival is the motif of historical figures and kabuki, which is called “The Parade” and is a huge puppet lantern with a maximum height of 5m, 9m wide, and 8m in depth.The parade, which makes one by hand, is full of dynamism and seems to move at any moment.At the festival, we paraded the city center with a voice of “Rasseller” along with the “Saiko”, which is called “Bounce”, and the “dance”, the drum and the flute.

I was impressed by the stunt which manipulated the pole light splendidly!Akita Pole Festival

It is a traditional festival that lasts from the Edo period, which is held from August 3rd to 6th of every year.A pole with 46 lanterns on a bamboo length of about 12m is also available for a total weight of 50kg.It is said to be the festival which prays for the harvest of crops, and the lamp that a lantern shakes seems to choose the rice ear of the golden color.The main is the night part, about 280 poles, about 10,000 lanterns appeared, it is impressive to stand up in unison with the signal of the whistle.The trained performers, called “Shishite”, show a dynamic performance.

Graceful Bamboo ornaments decorate the town in the summer “Sendai Tanabata Festival”

This is a traditional event that lasts about 400 years from the age of Sengoku warlords, Date Masamune.It is held on August 6-8 every year, and the main arcade street from Sendai station is decorated with a variety of large and small bamboo ornaments throughout the city.The symbol is the tanabata ornament that local people make every year.It is a traditional custom to attach the Tanabata ornament made with colorful washi paper to the Sasaki, and the length of the bamboo can be a huge thing exceeding 10m.There are seven kinds of decorations that are also called “seven decorations” in the bamboo ornament, and crane wishing for a home safety and longevity, and a purse wishing for a prosperous business are put in each wish.

The festival is the roots of the three major festivals in Tohoku

It is said that the roots of the “Tohoku three major festivals” are “sleep sinks.”One of the Tanabata events that Sandman and the lazy mind which interferes with Labor at the harvest time of autumn are entrusted to Nemunoki, bamboo grass, and scapegoat dolls, and it flows exorcism in the river.This custom can be seen anywhere in the country, but it has become particularly popular in the Tohoku region and has evolved into a variety of festivals.Each festival is a valuable Japan culture inherited from the ancestors, and is designated as a country designation important intangible folk cultural property.Because the schedule is decided beforehand, it is attractive that it is easy to plan a trip.

【 Festival, event name 】 Tohoku three major festivals (Aomori Festival, Akita Pole Festival, Sendai Tanabata Festival)
Date: Aomori Festival/August 2-7, 19:00-21:00 (August 1, Eve)
Akita Light Festival/August 3-6, 6:50 pm ~ 20:50 (Night production),
9:00-15:40 (the final day is 9:20 to 15:00)
Sendai Tanabata Festival/August 6-8, 10:00 to 22:00 (8 days ~ 21:00)
Venue: Aomori Festival/Aomori City Center
Akita Pole Festival/around the Akita-shi Odori
Sendai Tanabata Festival/shopping street in the center of Aoba-ku, Sendai City
【 Tel 】 Aomori Festival/017-723-7211 (Aomori Tourist Convention Association)
Akita Pole Festival/018-888-5602 (Akita City Pole Lantern Festival Executive Committee
/Akita City Tourism Promotion Division)
Sendai Tanabata Festival/022-265-8185 (Sendai Chamber of Commerce)
Fee: Free to visit
【 Access 】 Aomori Festival JR Aomori Station 10-minute walk (New Town Street)
Akita Lamp Festival JR Akita Station 15-minute walk (Pole Street)
2-minute walk from Sendai Tanabata Matsuri Jr Sendai Station (Arcade Street)
【 URL 】 Aomori Festival  www.nebuta.jp
Akita Lamp Festival  www.kantou.gr.jp
Sendai Tanabata Festival  www.sendaitanabata.com