Akita chosen as rotating host city for 2015 Tohoku festival

Akita chosen as rotating host city for 2015 Tohoku festival

The mayors of the capital cities of six prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku announce at a press conference in Akita on Jan. 20, 2015, that the annual Tohoku Rokkon Festival featuring six major festivals in the region will be held in the city on May 30 and 31. They expect about 225,000 visitors to the two-day event, which was launched in 2011 to help promote reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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