Festivals in Akita

Snow hut festival in Akita where visitors enjoy mochi and amazake inside igloos.

Festival carts carrying traditional musicians parade through Hanawa and gather near Kazuno-Hanawa Station.

Snow sculptures of dogs and shrines glow with candlelight during this winter celebration in Yuzawa.

Floats carrying musicians and dancers travel through Kakunodate, with dramatic encounters between the festival carts.

Namahage dances and rituals take place amid snow and fire at Shinzan Shrine in Oga.

Mysterious bon dance in Akita where dancers wear deep straw hats obscuring their faces.

Giant illuminated lantern floats in Noshiro, reaching over 24 meters high.

Candy-decorated branches and market stalls brighten Odate during its traditional winter candy fair.

Floats decorated with warrior figures parade through Tsuchizaki to traditional port-town music.