• Aomori

The Aomori Nebuta Matsuri (festival) is a participatory festival in Aomori that attracts…

• Niigata

The Sado taiko (drumming) ensemble Kodo is renowned around the world for its performance…

• Fukushima

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

• Iwate

Held on the second Saturday of June each year, the Chagu Chagu Umakko Festival is one of…

• Akita

The Namahage Sedo Festival is one of the Michinoku Godai Snow Festivals (five major snow…

• Miyagi

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

• Yamagata

The Murayama Tokunai Festival takes place in Murayama city in Yamagata prefecture over t…

• Niigata

The Naked Man Pushing Festival is held each year in snow that is usually more than 2m in…

• Iwate

Tono City in Iwate Prefecture is known as the “city of folklore.” The Tono D…

• Miyagi

The Shiogama Minato Festival is counted as one of Japan’s top three boat festivals…

• Akita

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

• Iwate

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

• Akita

This lively festival is lauded for its festival music, which is said to be the best in J…

• Fukushima

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

• Fukushima

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

• Fukushima

Along with the Gion Festival in Kyoto and the Gion Yamagasa in Hakata, the Aizu Tajima G…

• Akita

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

• Niigata

For farming the terraced rice paddies hewn out of the sloping mountainsides it was once …

• Aomori

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

• Akita

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

• Aomori

The Tachineputa held from 4 to 8 August every year in Goshogawara City is regarded as on…

• Niigata

The cherry blossoms of Takada Castle Site Park are considered as one of the three great …

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

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

• Yamagata

Sakata Festival is held from May 19 to 21 every year. It is a traditional festival that …

• Akita

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

• Niigata

Tokamachi Snow Festival was born from the ideas of local people to “befriend the s…

• Iwate

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

• Miyagi

The Hatsu-uma Festival is a ritual taking place in Kami-machi in northern Miyagi prefect…

• Akita

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

• Miyagi

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

• Fukushima

The Taimatsu Akashi is one of Japan’s three major fire festivals that has been con…

• Akita

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

• Niigata

This summer festival takes place over the course of three days in early August in the ce…

• Yamagata

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

• Akita

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

• Miyagi

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

• Miyagi

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

• Miyagi

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

• Akita

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