Four Seasons in Japan: Enburi Festival at Hachinohe

Events:
The fall foliage season has started in the Taisetsu Mountain Range, Hokkaido.
https://sounkyovc.net/blog (Japanese version)

2024 Fall Foliage Forecast
https://www.jrailpass.com/blog/japan-autumn-leaves-forecast
https://n-kishou.com/corp/news-contents/autumn/?lang=en
https://tenki.jp/kouyou/expectation.html(Japanese version only)
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/topics/article/210122/ (western Japan, Japanese version only)
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/topics/article/161896/ (eastern Japan, Japanese version only)
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/topics/article/203976/ (northern Japan, Japanese version only)

when and where to see fall foliage(Japanese version only):
https://weathernews.jp/koyo/
https://sp.jorudan.co.jp/leaf/
https://koyo.walkerplus.com/

fireworks festivals will also be held in October and November
fireworks festivals(Japanese version only):
https://hanabi.walkerplus.com/
https://sp.jorudan.co.jp/hanabi/

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Enburi Festival at Hachinohe

Enburi Festival at Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture was held from February 17th to 20th. It used to be held on the 15th day of the 1st month in the lunar calendar.

Enburi(えんぶり) is the folk performing art that dancers wearing hats in the shape of the horse head dance with a shake of the head to pray for a good harvest.

"Enburi" means a kind of agricultural instruments called "eburi".It's used at rice planting.

Enburi is held in five prefectures including Fukushima, Tamagata, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori.

Children also perform several dances during the festival.