• Iwate

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

• Iwate

• Fukushima

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

• Iwate

This is a traditional event that has been held for more than 200 years, originating from…

• Aomori

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

• Iwate

It is the largest morning market in Japan as a cooperative format, and if you turn down …

• Fukushima

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

• Fukushima

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

• Niigata

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

• Fukushima

Amidst the reverberating sound of conch shell trumpets in a mountain village in winter, …

• Niigata

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

• Aomori

The Aomori Nebuta Festival is one of Japan's representative fire festivals. The fest…

• Akita

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

• Aomori

■Highlights／Points✔While listening to the musical performances of the groups participat…

• Akita

This wintery festival has been continued for over 400 years. It is held annually on the …

• Fukushima

The Fukushima Waraji (Straw Sandals) Festival takes place in early August each year and …

• Iwate

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

• Aomori

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

• Multiple Areas

Go snowshoe trekking at a leisurely pace. Guides certified by the Akita Shirakami Guide …

• Iwate

• Fukushima

• Fukushima

• Yamagata

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

• Fukushima

• 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…

• Miyagi

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

• Yamagata

The Yonezawa Uesugi Festival is a festival that heralds spring in Yonezawa and is held b…

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

The shrine boasts a history of more than 2,000 years as the general guardian of Iwashiro…

• Fukushima

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

• Miyagi

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

• Yamagata

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

• Akita

• Fukushima

• Fukushima

• Aomori

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

• Miyagi

The 6-hectare “Sunflower Hill” is covered with 420,000 sunflowers, and the &…

• Akita

• Fukushima

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