Photograph by Kazuki Wakasugi, Yomiuri Shimbun/AP Images While the Nebuta Festival in Aomori City is the most popular, those of Goshogawara and Hirosaki have their own flair, too. Goshogawara is ...

Both Neputa and Nebuta are thought to be corruptions of nemuta, meaning drowsiness. However, the intonation of residents of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, and other areas of Tsugaru’s interior is said ...

including the human forms of Aomori’s Nebuta, the fan-shaped lanterns of the Neputa Matsuri in Hirosaki, and the taller, narrower forms of Goshogawara’s Tachi-Neputa. Since the end of World ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori -- Giant "Neputa" and "Nebuta" festival floats from four municipalities in Japan with shared roots paraded together here on Aug. 27 and 28 to mark the 300th year since "Neputa ...

The Hirosaki Neputa Festival is a summer festival celebrated in Aomori and shouldn’t be confused with the Aomori Nebuta Festival. They each honor different parts of wartime. One focuses on preparing ...

[expo2010.cn] Red Fuji apples and Japanese Nebuta Festival performance kicked off Aomori Prefecture Week on Tuesday at Japanese Industry Pavilion. Aomori Prefecture was most famous for its Red ...