Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day-run

Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day-run

AOMORI, Japan - Dancers called "haneto" dance around a large lantern float as the annual Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for a 6-day run in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2014. According to organizers, the festival attracts as many as three million people every year.

'Nebuta' artists already preparing for next year's festival

'Nebuta' artists already preparing for next year's festival

AOMORI, Japan - Male and female dancers called "haneto" sway with a large nebuta lantern produced by nebuta artist Hiroo Takenami during the Nebuta Festival on Aug. 2, 2013, in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture. (Photo by Yohei Kanasashi)

Japan Day celebrated at Milan expo

Japan Day celebrated at Milan expo

A Nebuta festival lantern float from Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with a wooden frame covered in brightly colored papier-mache, and "haneto" dancers parade at the food-themed Expo Milano in Milan, Italy, on July 11, 2015, as part of a Japan Day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day-run

Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day-run

AOMORI, Japan - Dancers called "haneto" dance around a large lantern float as the annual Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for a 6-day run in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2014. According to organizers, the festival attracts as many as three million people every year. (Kyodo)

Hotel room in Japan offering traditional festival experience

Hotel room in Japan offering traditional festival experience

Photo taken April 10, 2019, shows a corridor in a special room at Hoshino Resorts Aomoriya in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, that offers guests a feeling of the traditional Nebuta summer festival, famous for its nightly parades of illuminated giant paper-mache lanterns. Footsteps marked on the floor are meant to represent of the "haneto" festival dancers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo