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Yokote is known for its Kamakura Festival, a midwinter festival in which igloo-like snow houses are made throughout the town. It is held in the days leading to the Bonden Festival (mid February) and its location is focused around the city hall area. Children and others sit in the kamakura and serve amazake and mochi to visitors.
Yokote Kamakura Festival in February A night view of Akita Kanto Festival in August A performance show of Namahage in Oga area, an official performance event held on New Year's Eve, every year. Kariwano Big Tug Festival, Daisen (February [19]) Amekko Festival, Odate (February [20]) Kamakura Snow Statue Event, Yokote (February [21])
Kamakura (かまくら or カマクラ) is a type of traditional snow dome or quinzhee in snowy regions of Japan. Kamakura may also refer to the various ceremonial winter celebrations involving those snow domes, or to the Shinto deity Kamakura Daimyojin (鎌倉大明神), who is revered during some of those celebrations. [1]
Thanks to a rather lukewarm live music season in 2024, the music fest and concert scene is ready to come back to life in 2025. What does the year hold in store, and will 2025 be the comeback year ...
Setsubun has its origins in tsuina (), a Chinese custom introduced to Japan in the 8th century. [2] It was quite different from the Setsubun known today. According to the Japanese history book Shoku Nihongi, tsuina was first held in Japan in 706, and it was an event to ward off evil spirits held at the court on the last day of the year according to the lunar-solar calendar.
Akita (Japanese: 秋田市, Hepburn: Akita-shi, IPA:; lit. "Autumn field City")) is the capital and most populous city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and has been designated a core city since 1 April 1997.
Yokote Community FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (横手コミュニティFM放送株式会社, Yokote Komyuniti FM Hoso Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese FM station based in Yokote, Akita, Japan. [ 1 ] Stations
Location of former Hiraka District in Akita Prefecture. Hiraka (平鹿郡, Hiraka-gun) was a rural district located in southern Akita, Japan.On 1 October 2005, its remaining components- the towns of Hiraka, Jūmonji, Masuda, Omonogawa, Ōmori; and the villages of Sannai and Taiyū- merged into the city of Yokote, upon which Hiraka District was dissolved and ceased to exist as an administrative ...