Yamato Transportation Nebuta Committee. “Miyamoto Musashi.” Winner of the 2012 Chamber of Commerce and Industry Prize. Design: Kitamura Takashi. (Front view.)
Yamato Transportation Nebuta Committee. “Miyamoto Musashi.” Winner of the 2012 Chamber of Commerce and Industry Prize. Design: Kitamura Takashi. (Back view.)
Aomori Junior Chamber. “Raging Battle at Kawanakajima.” Design: Uchiyama Ryūsei.
Aomori Yamada Gakuen. “Queen Pimiko and the Battle with Kunu.” Design: Kitamura Takashi.
Takenami’s award-winning nebuta. The JR Nebuta Project also won second prize in the overall competition. The students and volunteers who helped to make and drive the nebuta are thrilled by the news.
“Making the nebuta isn’t easy. But when I see them in action, I notice all kinds of things about them I hadn’t noticed before,” Takenaka says. There is a tendency in recent years to add more and more details to the backgrounds as well as to the main characters’ facial expressions. Teams discuss in advance how to maneuver the nebuta so as to bring out its colors and expressions and create an impression that will stay with people for a long time.
The Sunroad Aomori Group won the Nebuta Grand Prize. This was a second consecutive victory for Kushibiki.
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