The summer becomes most hottest season for
Tohoku people, the festivals include the
Aomori Nebuta Festival, where people parade
down the main street with floats of warrior
figures, the Akita Kanto Festival, where
more than 200 kantos ( bamboo poles hung
with lanterns) sway on the boulevard, and
the Sendai Tanabata Festival, which is one
of the three major festivals in Tohoku.
Northern Tohoku, Hirosaki Castle is a national
important cultural building. The Shirakami
mountain range that velvets to Aomori and
Akita is as a world heritage. Kakunodate
is a historic town with samurai residences
and storehouses. Hiraizumi was originally
modeled on Kyoto and is the site of the noted
Chusonji Temple built in 1109. It is famous
for its gold covered Amitabha Hall and Golden
Hall.
Southern Tohoku centered by Sendai, the largest
city in Tohoku called the 'forest capital'.
Mt. Zao, located between Yamagata and Miyagi
prefectures, attracts skiers and onseners.
Yamadera has its famous poem, 'Shizukesaya
Iwani Shimiiru Seminokoe' by Basho Matsuo.
Aizu-Wakamatsu city is the castle town of
Tsurugajo Castle. Nearby Mt. Bandai and Lake
Inawashiro, which is world-renowned for its
natural beauty in color. |
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