• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Yamagata

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

• Miyagi

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

• Fukushima

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

• Niigata

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

• Fukushima

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

• Akita

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

• Niigata

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

• Miyagi

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

• Aomori

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

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

Themed on Showa-era (1926-1989) nostalgia and romanticism, this event is held every year…

• Iwate

With sights resembling that of a splendid large picture scroll, the Hidaka Hibuse Festiv…

• Fukushima

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Miyagi

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

• Akita

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

• Akita

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

• Aomori

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

• Fukushima

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

• Akita

Historic Site Osarizawa Mine, which is recognized as a Heritage of Industrial Modernizat…

• Fukushima

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

• 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…

• Iwate

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

• Akita

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

• Fukushima

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

• Yamagata

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

• Yamagata

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

• Fukushima

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

• Miyagi

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

• Niigata

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

• Niigata

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

• Akita

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

• Yamagata

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

• Fukushima

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

• Akita

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

• Aomori

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