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 ...

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 ...

Shingo Mimura, Governor of Japan's Aomori Prefecture, delivers a speech holding red Fuji apples produced in the prefecture.[expo2010.cn] Red Fuji apples and Japanese Nebuta Festival performance kicked ...