Showing posts with label Tachineputa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tachineputa. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Postcard from...Aomori, Japan


I'm watching a Tachineputa festival in Goshogawara city in Aomori prefecture. The Tachineputa is very big. It's 23 meters high and its weight is 19 tons. About 70 people parade through the central city pull a Tachineputa with musical accompaniment.

Reiko