Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.

Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.

Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

Doll-like lantern parade in northeastern Japan

A doll-like lantern more than 20 meters tall is put on parade during the five-day Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival in the northeastern Japanese city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2023.

Huge lantern features in start of Tachi-neputa festival

Huge lantern features in start of Tachi-neputa festival

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A huge lantern progresses along a shopping street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4 as the 5-day Goshogawara Tachi-neputa summer festival begins.

Giant float paraded at festival in northern Japan

Giant float paraded at festival in northern Japan

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - One of 16 lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats, the biggest of them over 20 meters high, is paraded through a street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, at an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival amid constant chanting "Go get 'em" by dancers in "yukata" light cotton summer kimono on Aug. 4, 2014.

Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

MORIOKA, Japan - Gigantic lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats parade in succession through the main street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, as an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival gets under way on Aug. 4, 2014, for a five-day run.

Gigantic lantern march in Aomori

Gigantic lantern march in Aomori

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A gigantic ''matagi'' hunter lantern proceeds along a street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 4, 2010. The five-day Tachi-neputa summer festival began the same day, featuring 16 lanterns including three over 20 meters tall.

Huge lantern features in start of Tachi-neputa festival

Huge lantern features in start of Tachi-neputa festival

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A huge lantern progresses along a shopping street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4 as the 5-day Goshogawara Tachi-neputa summer festival begins. (Kyodo)

Gigantic lantern march in Aomori

Gigantic lantern march in Aomori

GOSHOGAWARA, Japan - A gigantic ''matagi'' hunter lantern proceeds along a street in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 4, 2010. The five-day Tachi-neputa summer festival began the same day, featuring 16 lanterns including three over 20 meters tall. (Kyodo)

Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

Huge effigy lanterns on floats parade at festival

MORIOKA, Japan - Gigantic lanterns with effigies of samurai warriors on floats parade in succession through the main street of Goshogawara in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, as an annual "Tachi-neputa" float festival gets under way on Aug. 4, 2014, for a five-day run. (Kyodo)

Tachi Neputa festival in Goshogawara

Tachi Neputa festival in Goshogawara

A total of 15 giant floats called Tachi Neputa parade through the city of Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2015, during the Goshogawara Tachi Neputa festival. The floats rise to about 20 meters high. About one million people are expected to visit the city during the festival that will run through Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo