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Nebuta (Neputa) Festival
Please be careful! It seems that if you mispronounce “Nebuta” and “Neputa” in front of people in Aomori City or Hirosaki City, you will be in a very bad situation! “Nebuta (Neputa)” is a summer festival that is held every year from July to August in various parts of Aomori Prefecture as a Tanabata event on July 7 of the lunar calendar. It is a gorgeous festival in which giant lanterns called “Nebuta (Neputa)” are carried on floats and paraded. In particular, the Nebuta Festival in Aomori City attracts more than 2 million people every year, and is one of the three major festivals in the Tohoku region, […]