“Nebuta Baka” Festival Fever in Aomori

Hiro Takenami’s “Aterui: Man of Tohoku” (Image courtesy of JR Nebuta Project)

A newly finished float is work of art in pure white. In the short time before the float is painted, its features are visible only as shadows.

Chiba Sakuryū’s “The Glory of Oshu Hiraizumi; Aterui and Kiyohira” (Image courtesy of Sunroad Aomori)