Akita Kanto Festival, a must-see festival in Tohoku, Japan📸️📸️

#Overseas Travel #Japan Travel #Japan The Akita Kanto Festival is a festival held in Akita City, Akita Prefecture. It is held from August 3rd to 6th every year to pray for a good harvest and freedom from disease and disaster. The Shine of 10,000 Lanterns It is mainly men from all walks of life in Akita Prefecture who use their hands, foreheads, shoulders, waists and other parts of their bodies to hold up a 12-meter-long pole with 46 lanterns hanging vertically, and parade along the streets while changing various control techniques easily and freely. As many as 280 poles parade along the street accompanied by the rhythm of wooden flutes and drums. The scene is beautiful and dreamy, and it is worth watching. address 7-1-2 Nakadori, Akita City, Akita Prefecture