Festivals & Events– category –

Every August, the streets of Akita City transform into something from a dream. Thousands of performers — from experienced elders to nine-year-old children — hoist bamboo poles loaded with up to 46 paper lanterns into the night sky, balan...

Picture this: the first Sunday of September, the banks of the Mamigasaki River in Yamagata City, and a crowd of 30,000 people gathered around a single pot so large it requires a construction crane to stir. In that pot: six tons of satoim...

Omagari Fireworks Festival Akita Japan guide: dates, access, seating, accommodation tips & what makes this 100-team competition the most spectacular fireworks event in all of Japan.