Nebuta summer festival in northeastern Japan

Nebuta summer festival in northeastern Japan

The Nebuta summer festival, famous for its nightly parades of illuminated giant paper-made lanterns, begins in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Aug. 2, 2022, after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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