• Akita

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

• Miyagi

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

• Miyagi

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

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

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

• Miyagi

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

• Fukushima

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

• Niigata

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

• Miyagi

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

• Niigata

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

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

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

• Iwate

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

• Yamagata

The wide sky and verdant forest. The Iide Dondendaira Lily Garden, the largest lily gard…

• Fukushima

Located in Nishida-cho, Koriyama City, Takashiba Deco-Yashiki is the birthplace of Mihar…

• Aomori

Hirosaki City is home not only to the Hirosaki Park Cherry Blossom Festival, but also to…

• Niigata

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

• Yamagata

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

• Fukushima

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

• Aomori

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

• Iwate

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

• Akita

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

• Aomori

The Hachinohe Enburi Festival is a traditional event heralding the coming of spring with…

• Miyagi

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

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

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

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

• Miyagi

Jogi Nyorai Saiho-ji Temple is about 50 minutes by car from Sendai Station and 5 kilomet…

• Yamagata

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

• Fukushima

the 12th to 18th centuries. On its premises, guests can enjoy afternoon tea in authentic…

• Miyagi

• Fukushima

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

• Yamagata

[Natagiri Toge mountain pass] On May 17, 1689, or July 3 in the solar calendar, Matsuo B…

• Miyagi

The Kanezaki Sohonten Sasakamakan is a hands-on facility where visitors can enjoy not on…

• Aomori

・What is SnowHike?　・SnowHike is a combination of the best features of skis and snowsh…

• Akita

Rokugo no Kamakura is a little New Years event with over 700 years of history, held annu…

• Multiple Areas

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

• Yamagata

The Tsuruoka Tenjin Festival is a ritual taking place annually on 25 May at Tsuruoka Ten…