Aomori

Hirosaki Castle and Festival Preparations,

6 August 2011

Remains of Hirosaki Castle	Celebrating 400 years!	Shinto shrine on castle grounds	Making senbei (rice crackers)
Making senbei	Setting up for Hirosaki Neputa Festival	Setting up for Hirosaki Neputa Festival	Setting up for Hirosaki Neputa Festival
Setting up for Hirosaki Neputa Festival	Setting up for Hirosaki Neputa Festival	Ready for the parade to begin...	Goshogawara Tachineputa (Standing Neputa)
Goshogawara manhole cover	Tachineputa lining up for the parade	Tachineputa emerging from the museum	The parade begins!
Standing tall	Lit from within...	A slight pause...	Fun for the whole family!
The 3 Tachineputa normally stored in the museum	Detail of waves from below	Words of encouragement for the Tohoku region...	The BIG taiko drum
Even a pagoda	Pagoda detail	Tachineputa with 2 layers of drums	Two drums
Pulling the float down the street	Tachineputa	Fun for all ages!	Spinning Neputa
Spinning Neputa	Spinning Neputa	Spinning Neputa	Strange man... (Hen na ojisan)
Musicians	Smaller drum	Neputa	Neputa
Neputa	Spinning Neputa	Spinning Neputa	Sealife on the back side
Neputa	Neputa	Dragon head	Neputa
Jizu on the back	Tachineputa	Tachineputa	Tachineputa

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