Japanese Festivals / Aomori / Lively / bg-b

Nebuta matsuri

  Aomori’s largest festival “Nebuta Matsuri” “Rassera, Rassera!” The call from the crowd echoes through the area. A large mass of light, heat, and energy follows the voice calling out and those standing by the road seem to be swallowed into the evening sky. My peaceful sleep in the quiet …

Fairs / Tokyo

Asakusa hagoita fair

  Edo atmosphere Asakusa Hagoitaichi (Battledore Fair) is an annual fair held at Sensoji in Asakusa at the end of the year. Inside the temple grounds, near the Hondo (main hall of Sensoji) and along the sides of approach, more than 60 open-air stalls selling decorated hagoita (battledores), shuttlecocks, kites, …