When it comes to Aomori Prefecture, the first iconic thing for me is the apple. I still remembered my late grandmother always bought me expensive Japanese apples when I got sick in my childhood. And Tohoku Aomori Hirosaki is well known and proud of its rich production of apples.
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| Hirosaki's lucky animal |
The location of Aomori Prefecture is in east- northern Japan, its geographic character is unique that the land is surrounded by sea on the three sides, and has Hakkoda Mountains in the middle. Similar to Kyoto, Tohoku Aomori Hirosaki has not been influenced by the Second World War so that it remains seasonal festivals every year. Nebuta Festival is one of the attractive cultural events in summer.
The Aomori Nebuta Festival has been regarded as an important intangible Folk Cultural Heritage in Japan since 1980. According to the Japanese official website, Aomori Nebuta Festival is originated from the Tanabata festival that its root is believed from China. Nebuta is something like the lantern, the original purpose of Japanese Nebuta Festival is to pray for children’s peace and growth. Afterward, it has developed into an annual cultural event that everyone can participate in.
Every August, many visitors coming from all over Japan and abroad head for Aomori to enjoy this annual event. During the festival, dynamic nebutas and colourful lantern floats parade in the citycentre, and colorfully dressed Nebuta dancers (called ‘haneto’) perform kabuki or mythical stories. At night, the nebutas are placed in boats with celebrating fireworks around the Bay.
Although this cultural exchange only presents part of the event items, and the famous Aomori apples and noodles are not on the exhibition lists; it is quite interesting and new to me and many locals.
Unsurprisingly, the opening day on 13 Oct has attracted many people to come to experience and enjoy Japanese music and folk dances, pretty costumes, and on-site Nebuta painting.
Through this event, having wishes for peace and happiness to everyone.
除了10月13日至今年年底舉辦的Miaki Kageyama珠寶展（見上一篇文章）外，“Nebuta Festival” - 青森縣的夏日睡魔祭,也是台南2018日本文化交流系列活動的一部分。
說到青森縣，對我來說第一個標誌性的東西就是蘋果。我還記得當我童年生病時，我逝去的祖母總是為我買昂貴的日本蘋果。 而青森弘前市就是以其豐富的蘋果產量而聞名且引以為傲。
青森縣位於日本東北部，地理特徵是獨特的，它三面環海，中間有Hakkoda山岳。與京都相似，東北青森弘前並未受到第二次世界大戰的影響，因此每年都有舉辦季節性節慶活動。 Nebuta Festival夏日睡魔祭是在夏日具有吸引力的文化活動之一。
青森Nebuta睡魔祭自從1980年以來一直是日本重要的無形民俗文化遺產。根據日本官方網站，青森Nebuta睡魔祭起源於Tanabata節，它的根源來自中國。在日本，其最初目的是為兒童的平安及成長祈禱。之後，它已發展成為每個人都可以參加的年度文化活動。
每年夏天8月,許多參觀者來自日本和國外各地都會來到青森一起參加這個年度盛會。在節慶期間，充滿活力的nebutas睡魔和五顏六色的燈籠在城市中遊行，穿著色彩鮮豔的Nebuta睡魔舞者（稱為“haneto”）展演歌舞伎或神話故事。晚上，nebutas紙繪睡魔會被放置在船上，在海灣周圍以放煙火慶祝。
雖然這種文化交流只能提供部分慶祝活動項目，而有名的青森蘋果和拉麵不在展覽名單上;但對我和很多當地人來說，這是非常有趣和新鮮的。不意外地,10月13日開幕日就吸引了許多人前來體驗和享受日本音樂和民俗舞蹈，漂亮的和服和現場Nebuta睡魔職人現場手繪。
透過參加睡魔祭,祝福大家平平安安.
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