Festival＆Event
Festival＆Event
The Kuroishi Cherry Blossom Festival
| Schedule | Mid to Late Apr |
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| Location | The cherry blossom mountain at Kuroishi’s Azuma Park |
| Opening hours | ９:００～１６：００ |
| Parking | Available (free) |
Kuroishi Neputa Festival
| Schedule | Every year from 7/30 ~ 8/5 |
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| Caution | Approximately 50 Neputa floats will gather in a single location and form a parade on 7/30 and 8/2 only. On all other days the floats will be pulled in their respective neighborhoods. On the final day of the festival the floats will be pulled in the morning. |
| July 30th | 17:30 Opening Ceremony |
| July 30th | 18:30 First float departs (floats are judged in front of Kuroishi’s City Hall) |
| August 2nd | 18:30 First float departs (Award ceremony in front of the Takahi Hair Salon on Fukuda Odori) |
| Traffic | Approximately 8 minutes by car from the Kuroishi Interchange. 10 minutes walking from the Kuroishi Station on the Konan Railway Line. |
| Course | Here |
| Official website | http://k-jc.com/neputa/ |
| Contact Information |
Kuroishi Sangyou Kaikan, 3rd Floor 5-2 Ichinomachi, Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture 〒０３６－０３０７ Public Interest Corporation, Kuroishi Youth Assembly ＴＥＬ ０１７２－５２－３３６９ ＦＡＸ ０１７２－５２－３３７６ |
About the Kuroishi Neputa Festival
The main feature of Kuroishi’s Neputa festival is that it is possible to see both doll and fan-shaped Neputa floats. Aomori Nebuta and Hirosaki Neputa both serve as representative festival’s for Aomori Prefecture, but since long ago doll and fan-shaped floats have co-existed in Kuroishi.
Another prominent characteristic of Kuroishi Neputa is the pictures that are drawn on the back of the floats, which are there to see watchers off. The front of the floats usually depict pictures of warriors, so the backs are adorned with images of beautiful women.
These somewhat lonely images provide a good contrast with the magnificent pictures on the front, charming spectators with the fantasy world that they create.
Photos from the Kuroishi Neputa Festival
Kuroishi Yosare’s Nagashi Odori
| Schedule | Every year on the evenings of the 15th and 16th of August. |
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| Traffic | Approximately 8 minutes by car from the Kuroishi Interchange. 10 minutes walking from the Kuroishi Station on the Konan Railway Line. |
| Official website | https://kuroishi.or.jp/event/summer/kuroishiyosare |
| Contact Information | 1 Chome-187 Midorichō, Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture 036-0383 General Incorporated Kuroishi Tourism Association ＴＥＬ ０１７２－５２－３４８８ ＦＡＸ ０１７２－５３－５０３２ |
About the Kuroishi Yosare
・Kuroishi Yosare is a Bon dance that has first started hundreds of years ago. Each year on the evenings of the 15th and 16th of August, around 3,000 people get together and dance through the streets of Kuroishi!
・Kuroishi Yosare is a traditional Japanese folk dance, has its origins in a love song from roughly 500
to 600 years ago. It gradually transformed into and spread as a Bon Odori, a traditional form of dance
performed during Obon (a Japanese Buddhist festival to honor the spirits of ancestors) in mid-August.
In 1958, the present day “Mawari Odori” (dancing around a tower) and “Nagashi Odori” (dancing
through the city) dances were choreographed. In 1982, the National Folk Dance Federation of Japan
designated Kuroishi Yosare as one of the three major Nagashi Odori dances in Japan Kuroishi
Yosare is designated as an Intangible Folk Cultural Asset of Japan.
Photos from the Kuroishi Yosare
