Every year, the city of Aomori is swept up in a frenzy of excitement as gargantuan illuminated festival floats parade through the streets of the city. The high spirits of summer are as much a part of ...

In a celebration dating back to the 8th century, Aomori’s Nebuta festival displays huge lanterns, some over 75 feet tall, structured and painted to depict history and myth. A Nebuta float, more than ...

Aomori Prefecture’s legendary Nebuta Festival – which takes place in early August every year – has always been one of those big festivals on my Japan bucket list. Even though the festival is one of ...

AOMORI--One of the three great festivals of the northeastern Tohoku region is expected to proceed this year, though scaled back. The grand Aomori Nebuta Festival, with its massive paper lantern floats ...

Usually held in August, the annual festival dates back to the early 18th century. The Aomori Nebuta Festival is known for its massive lantern floats known as nebuta, which parade down the streets of ...

Nebuta artists Makoto Suwa and Hiromi Hayashi from Japan’s Aomori City yesterday announced that they would craft large lantern floats for this year’s Taiwan Lantern Festival in Chiayi County at the ...

Red steel ribbons are parted like curtains to welcome visitors into this museum in northern Japan by Canadian studio Molo (+ slideshow). Named Nebuta House, the building was designed to house the huge ...

AOMORI -- Giant floats paraded in this northern Japan city on Aug. 2, the first day of Aomori Nebuta Festival, which was held for the first time in three years after a hiatus due to the coronavirus ...

Usually held in August, the annual festival dates back to the early 18th century. The Aomori Nebuta Festival is known for its massive lantern floats known as nebuta, which parade down the streets of ...