• Akita

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

• Aomori

Hirosaki Park is home to about 2,600 cherry trees of 52 different types, which are in fu…

• Niigata

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

• Akita

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

• Niigata

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

• Multiple Areas

The "Oirase Stream" runs for about 14 km from Lake Towada to YakeyamaLocated i…

• Miyagi

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

• Yamagata

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

• Akita

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

• Aomori

Four of the large Nebuta floats that have been used in the Nebuta Festival are on displa…

• Fukushima

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

• Iwate

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

• Miyagi

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

• Niigata

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

• Aomori

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

• Miyagi

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

• Fukushima

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

• Akita

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

• Aomori

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

• Akita

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

• Fukushima

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

• Miyagi

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

• Akita

The Historic Site Osarizawa Mine, designated as a Modern Industrial Heritage site, is sa…

• Yamagata

The Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival is held over two day on the second Saturday and Sunday …

• Niigata

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

• Fukushima

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

• Yamagata

The Nanyo Chrysanthemum Festival is held annually from early October to mid-November aro…

• Miyagi

Hadaka-mairi (an event in which pilgrims parade through the streets of Sendai to visit a…

• Iwate

Located in the upper reaches of the Kakkonda River, which is part of Towada-Hachimantai …

• Iwate

When you enter Tono Furusato Village, you will be surrounded by the retro scenery of a J…

• Fukushima

A part of the site of the former Japan National Railways (JNR) Nichu Line, which was clo…

• Aomori

At the Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival, one of the five major snow festivals in Mi…

• Iwate

This is one of the largest illumination events in the Tohoku region that will illuminate…

• Aomori

Visitors can experience the charms of Tsugaru in its entirety through exhibitions of Hir…

• Niigata

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

• Niigata

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

• Akita

The ice trees of Mt. Moriyoshi, counted among Japan's three great ice trees alongsid…

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Miyagi

The Michinoku YOSAKOI Festival, which began in 1998, usually features stage performances…