• Yamagata

Imoni is a traditional Tohoku stew of taro and meat. It is particularly popular in Yamag…

• Akita

The Omagari Hanabi fireworks festival boasts the top tradition and advanced techniques i…

• Akita

The Yokote Kamakura Festival is one of the Michinoku Godai Snow Festivals (five major sn…

• Niigata

This fireworks festival sees the launch of many large spherical fireworks, including the…

• Fukushima

Ouchijuku was a flourishing post-town in the 17th century. Today the town’s tradit…

• Fukushima

The Aizu Festival is Aizu’s largest festival and is held in late September each ye…

• Aomori

Mt. Osore is Japan’s foremost sacred ground, located at the center of the Shimokit…

• Fukushima

Aizu Erosoku (painted candles) are one of Aizu’s traditional crafts. The candles a…

• Akita

The Nishimonai Bon Odori in Ugo Town, Akita Prefecture, is one of the three most popular…

• Fukushima

Fukushima City is dotted with many famous flower spots that charm visitors, including Ha…

• Iwate

The Kokuseki-ji Temple Somin-sai Festival is a so-called “hadaka matsuri” (n…

• Iwate

The Fujiwara Festival is held every spring and autumn in the World Heritage town of Hira…

• Niigata

The Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Show is considered to be one of Japan’s three…

• Akita

Historic Site Osarizawa Mine, which is recognized as a Heritage of Industrial Modernizat…

• Akita

Kakunodate Town in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, is also known as the “Little Kyoto o…

• Akita

Each year on February 10, massive paper balloons with drawings of warriors, beautiful wo…

• Yamagata

The Shinjo Festival of Shinjo in Yamagata Prefecture has a history of more than 260 year…

• Akita

The Inukko Festival is a folk event of the Yuzawa region that is said to have a history …

• Miyagi

The Sendai Tanabata Festival has been passed down as a traditional event since the age l…

• Akita

The Akita Kanto Festival is one of the three great festivals of Tohoku along with the Ao…

• Miyagi

Since 2013, Shibata Town has been hosting this flower event from summer to autumn every …

• Iwate

• Iwate

• Miyagi

The Ishinomaki Kawabiraki Festival was started as a festival to give thanks to Kawamura …

• Iwate

Kitakami City in Iwate Prefecture has many folk entertainment groups and abounds with ac…

• Iwate

This festival has over 420 years of history and is held in Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefectu…

• Fukushima

Adding colour to Iwaki in summer, the Iwaki Fireworks Festival is a rarity in Japan beca…

• Akita

Yuzawa city in Akita prefecture was the hometown of the ancient poet Ono no Komachi, ren…

• Iwate

In this highly unusual festival held during the intense cold of February, men who are co…

• Fukushima

There have been many chrysanthemum fans in Nihonmatsu since the period when it was known…

• Miyagi

Held every year from mid-September to mid-October.Visitors can enjoy the Zao mountain ra…

• Miyagi

Along with Amanohashidate in Kyoto and Miyajima in Hiroshima, Matsushima Bay is known fo…

• Fukushima

Soma Nomaoi, a ritual dating back over a thousand years, takes place in northern Hamador…

• Aomori

• Niigata

The Wara Art Festival is held every year from summer through autumn. Young people from t…

• Fukushima

The unusual festival known as Nanokado Hadaka Mairi is held annually on the night of 7 J…

• Iwate

Hanamaki is the hometown of famed children's writer Kenji Miyazawa. The Miyazawa Ken…

• Miyagi

The Michinoku Yosakoi Festival is a yosakoi dance event in which participants hold naruk…

• Miyagi

The Sendai Aoba Festival is one of Sendai’s three major festivals that adds colour…

• Niigata

The diversion of the Shinano River at Okozu near Bunsui in Niigata prefecture is lined w…