• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

• Niigata

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

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

• Iwate

Tono City in Iwate Prefecture is known as the “city of folklore.” The Tono D…

• Miyagi

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

• Miyagi

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

• Niigata

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

• Niigata

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

• Iwate

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

• Fukushima

Soma Nomaoi, a ritual dating back over a thousand years, takes place in northern Hamador…

• Akita

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

• Iwate

Hanamaki is the hometown of famed children's writer Kenji Miyazawa. The Miyazawa Ken…

• Miyagi

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

• Fukushima

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

• Aomori

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

• Niigata

The Sado taiko (drumming) ensemble Kodo is renowned around the world for its performance…

• Akita

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

• Yamagata

Sakata Festival is held from May 19 to 21 every year. It is a traditional festival that …

• Niigata

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

• Aomori

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

• Aomori

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

• Yamagata

The Yonezawa Uesugi Festival is a period picture scroll that unfolds on a grand scale wi…

• Iwate

This tour lets you experience the lifestyle and bonds of Japanese people.You and communi…

• Iwate

• Yamagata

A light up of the Snow Monsters, the “Juhyo”.

• Miyagi

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

• Niigata

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

• Miyagi

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

• Niigata

The Murakami Grand Festival is a splendid and magnificent festival that has continued si…

• Fukushima

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

• Aomori

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

• Aomori

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

• Fukushima

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

• Aomori

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

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

• Akita

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