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Nebuta Matsuri
2008.08.01
This is a small nebuta that was on display in the city hall. It was the only one we got to see without a plastic cover.
The nebuta are made from a wire frame covered with paper. They have electric lights inside. One of the big floats takes all year to create and cost about $40,000.
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This is a small nebuta that was on display in the city hall. It was the only one we got to see without a plastic cover.
The nebuta are made from a wire frame covered with paper. They have electric lights inside. One of the big floats takes all year to create and cost about $40,000.
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This is a zoom effect the Japanese love to use when photographing nebuta.
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This is a zoom effect the Japanese love to use when photographing nebuta.
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We don't know these people, but they are wearing the typical festival dress. Every one is encouraged to buy or rent this costume and dance in the parade. Maybe next year.
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We don't know these people, but they are wearing the typical festival dress. Every one is encouraged to buy or rent this costume and dance in the parade. Maybe next year.
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Aomori is famous of scallops.
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Aomori is famous of scallops.
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Someone has to pay the $40,000 for the floats.
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Someone has to pay the $40,000 for the floats.
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The big floats like this one are about 15 feet tall, 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
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The big floats like this one are about 15 feet tall, 40 feet wide and 20 feet deep.
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During the parade there is a row of drums, a group of flutes, a bunch of dancers, and then a float. The drumming shakes everything. The only way to really experience this is to be there.
This was not nearly the biggest drum.
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During the parade there is a row of drums, a group of flutes, a bunch of dancers, and then a float. The drumming shakes everything. The only way to really experience this is to be there.
This was not nearly the biggest drum.
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Dancers
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Dancers
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little drummers!
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little drummers!
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We took a bus tour to the Nebuta Matsuri in Aomori and the Kanto Matsuri in Akita. Here we are at the Nebuta Matsuri. We enjoyed seeing the large, colorful paper floats. Unfortunately, it was quite rainy, so the floats were wrapped in plastic during the parade.
