Aomori Nebuta Festival (青森ねぶた祭, official site)
Aomori Nebuta Festival is being held in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, between 02-07 August each year. The main attraction of the festival is the night parade of : * Nebuta Dashi (Nebuta 山車, cart carrying the Nebuta) * Hayashi (囃子, musicians), mainly consists of 3 types of instrument players : fue (笛, flute), taiko (太鼓, Japanese drum), and teburigane (手振鉦, hand cymbals) * Haneto (跳人, jumper/dancers, sometimes including Baketo (化人, Japanese style clown)) There are also a day time parade and night fireworks show in the last day of the festival. | ||
Nebuta positioning for the start of the parade | Nebuta positioning for the start of the parade | Haneto party positioning for the start |
Nebuta positioning for the start | Hayashi party playing their instruments readying for the start | Start of the parade and the Haneto party started their jump/dance |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Haneto | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Hayashi |
Haneto | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Haneto | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Haneto | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Hayashi |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Haneto, with Macross F's Ranka Lee and Sheryl Nome (blurry due to low light condition) walking pass | Nebuta |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Next day we bumped into the Nebuta storage area by chance |
Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area |
Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area |
Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area |
Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area | Nebuta storage area |
Nebuta storage area | Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade |
Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade |
Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade |
Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade |
Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade |
Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Nebuta positioning for the day parade |
Nebuta positioning for the day parade | Start of the day parade : Hayashi | Hayashi |
Nebuta | Nebuta | Nebuta |
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avi H.264 movie file - 01:05, 8.0MB | avi H.264 movie file - 00:26, 3.2MB | avi H.264 movie file - 00:35, 4.1MB |
Night parade : Nebuta Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result | Hayashi Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result | Nebuta Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result |
avi H.264 movie file - 00:24, 3.1MB | avi H.264 movie file - 00:45, 5.5MB | avi H.264 movie file - 00:11, 1.4MB |
Hayashi Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result | Nebuta Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result | Haneto Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result |
avi H.264 movie file - 00:43, 5.2MB | avi H.264 movie file - 01:02, 7.4MB |   |
Haneto Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result | Nebuta Link to YouTube Manually select HD 1080P for best result |   |