aptinet/Aomori Sightseeing Guide

Aomori’s festivals make the short summer of northland more excited.
The festival sounds like “Ohayashi (Japanese traditional festival music)” or “Taiko drum” make your heart beaten, and local people’s passion and feelings for festival will touch your heart.

Aomori Nebuta Festival

For the festival, more than three million people including tourists participate and the floats and dancers parade to the festival music.

Even in the off period of festivals, you can enjoy its hands-on experience at the following facility.
Aomori City Culture Tourist Exchange Facility, The Nebuta House Wa Rasse

Hirosaki Neputa Festival

It is definitely worth to see that the huge Neputa floats, the biggest of which is over nine meters, will parade through the town dodging electric wire and signboard. Also you don’t want to miss “men for festival” carrying the huge floats of weight a ton.

Even in the off period of festivals, you can enjoy its hands-on experience at the following facility.
Tsugaru-han Neputa Mura

Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival

“Tachineputa”, the huge floats with 23 meters in height and 19 tons in weight, will parade in the town of Goshogawara City.

Even in the off period of festivals, you can enjoy its hands-on experience at the following facility.
Tachineputa no Yakata (Tachineputa Museum)

Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival

The summer festival, which has about 290 years history, is the biggest and traditional festival in Hachinohe City. The gorgeous floats, traditional portable shrine parade and Toramai (a kind of lion dance) will attract and grab your heart.

Kuroishi Yosare

Kuroishi Yosare Festival is composed with three types of dance and at the festival about 3,000 dancers and tourists can enjoy together. Furthermore the festival will be bustling with performance of Syamisen, Taiko drum and traditional songs for Tsugaru Minyo Teodori (a local folk song and dance).

http://kuroishi.or.jp/