Matsuri Days (2): Nebuta Matsuri 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.

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

A Japanese lantern sculpture is pictured in an undated photograph. An exhibition featuring lanterns from Japan’s famed Aomori Nebuta Matsuri are to be displayed for two weeks at Tainan’s Kaiji Lingyou ...

Take the magnificent Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, held every August 2-7 in Aomori City, which sees nightly parades of five-metre high nebuta floats accompanied by musicians and dancers. The energy alone ...

AOMORI--This year's Aomori Nebuta Festival will showcase a special "nebuta" lantern float featuring the collaborative work of 14 artisans after the event was canceled last August due to the novel ...

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.