Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival & Museum- Aomori

I will share a little secret with you, yes the Goshagaware Tachineputa is much smaller and less famous than the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, but you know what, this festival and its museum is by far the best lantern floats festival of the region and much more interesting than the Aomori Nebuta!!!

Taking place in Goshogarawa between august 4th and 8th, the Goshagaware Tachineputa features some massive 23m tall and 19 ton parade floats that roam around the tiny little streets of Goshogawara with dancers all cheering and shouting “Yattemare! Yattemare!”.

The story goes apparently back to 1907 until WWII where landowners decided to compete with each other on whom would make the tallest and most beautiful neputas. It is only after retrieving some lost schematics and pictures in 1993 that the city of Goshogawara decided to revive the Tachineputa.