Nebuta fes Aomori

The Nebuta festival is an end of summer festival. The Nebuta floats are made of a wood base, carefully covered with Japanese paper, beautifully colored, and lighted from the inner part with hundreds of light bulbs. In early August the colorful floats are pulled through the streets accompanied by people dancing in native Nebuta costumes, playing tunes on flutes and drums.

Many Aomori citizens are involved in the building of these beautiful floats. The Nebuta designers create their designs, patterned after historical people or themes. It takes the entire year, first in the development, then in the construction of the Nebuta float.

Koichi Saito, Inami Art Club, Japan