Activities Kitakami River Rubber Boat Race 2025 Sunday - Jul 6th An annual rubber race down the Kitakami River in Morioka. You can enter as a competitor or simply as a slow cruise down the river..
Culture Yamagata Snow Festival 2026 Early Feb Yamagata hosts a winter festival on the first weekend of February 2017.
Culture Namahage Sedo Festival 2026 Early Feb The Namahage Festival is held each year on the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday of February, around the time of the old or lunar..
Culture Kitakami Michinoku Geino Festival 2025 Early Aug The Kitakami Michinoku Geino Festival is held each year on the first weekend of August
Activities The Giant Tug of War of Kariwano 2026 Tuesday - Feb 10th Each winter on February 10th the people of Kariwano district in Daisen City, Akita gather together for a giant tug of war that will..
Culture Hirosaki Neputa Matsuri 2025 Aug 1st - Aug 7th Hirosaki's Neputa Matsuri offers an impressive display of drums and floats to light up the summer evenings during the first..
Culture Yokote Kamakura Festival 2026 Feb 15th - Feb 16th Every February, Akita's Yokote transforms into a fairytale landscape dotted with igloo-like structures in a festival dating..