The grand Aomori Nebuta Festival, with its massive paper lantern floats, has been canceled the last two years due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The executive committee, comprising the Aomori ...

Takenami Hiroo is one of the premier makers of nebuta, the floats that are the main attraction of the Aomori Nebuta Festival. He hopes to share the unique appeal of nebuta with the world.

From the dynamic Nebuta festival of Aomori Prefecture to Fukushima Prefecture's stunning Azuma Mountain Range – not to mention an array of attractions in Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, Niigata and ...

I'm just filled with respect for my father to still be doing this into his 70s.

For example, the Aomori Nebuta Festival to be held in Aomori city in August is offering VIP seats priced at 1 million yen. The Awa Odori dance festival scheduled in Tokushima city in August is ...