“The Aomori Nebuta Festival” is one of the biggest festivals in Japan held in Aomori at the beginning of August.
The scene where “Nebuta”, huge portable shrine, floating in the dark night parades at Aomori city center is famous all over the country.
Nearly 3 million people visit the sights from home and abroad every year.
It is said that the Aomori Nebuta Festival is a deformation of a Chinese ceremony in which paper lanterns are floated down a river from the Tanabata Festival which came to Japan in A.D. 710 to 794.
The customs such as sending off spirit to the sky that had been in Aomori since ancient times, integrated with the ceremony in the “Tanabata festival” from China to create the custom of making the big lanterns.
The maximum height of Nebuta is 5 m, the width is 9 m, the depth is 7 m. They are mainly made of paper, wood, and bamboo.
It takes a very long time to decide the design of Nebuta that is based on a concept of historical stories.
The theme is not only based on kabuki and Japanese myths but also Chinese myths and historical stories.
Nebuta creators are professionals.
They produce Nebuta with an extremely high technology.
The one who can create special Nebuta is called “Nebuta master”
Only 6 people have been certificated as the master of the Nebuta festival with a history of almost 100 years.
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