AKITA, Aug 04 (News On Japan) –
The Akita Kanto Festival, one of many Tohoku area’s main summer season occasions and designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Asset by the nationwide authorities, opened on August third.
This 12 months, 67 teams from neighborhoods, firms, and organizations are collaborating. A complete of 266 poles—every adorned with lanterns symbolizing stalks of rice and carrying prayers for a bountiful harvest—swayed gracefully within the midsummer evening sky, making a mesmerizing scene.
The competition will proceed by way of August sixth.
Source: Kyodo