MISAWA, Aomori Prefecture--“Nebuta” floats modeled after the seven gods of fortune are now on display at the Hoshino Resorts Aomoriya hotel here in the hope that Lady Luck will shine on visitors.

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 ...

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

One of the biggest festivals of the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, the Nebuta Matsuri is famous for its huge paper lantern floats depicting human figures. Combining tradition and technology ...

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 ...