津軽中里「駅ナカ」まつり (Tsugaru-Nakasato Eki "Eki Naka" Matsuri)
An event celebrating the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train and the start of bus service between the (Shinkansen station) Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station and Tsugaru-Nakasato Station.
Date: Saturday March 26, 2016
Time: 10:00-15:00
Admission: Free
Location: Tsugaru Railway Line Tsugaru-Nakasato Station 津軽鉄道線 津軽中里駅 (map)
Free Parking:
(Parking spaces are limited. Please use public transportation if possible.)
- Nakadomari Town Hall 中泊町役場駐車場 (map)
- Michinoku Bank Nakasato Branch みちのく銀行中里支店駐車場 (map)
- Nakazato Nursery Grounds 元中里保育所敷地内 (map)
- 10:00～ Opening Tsugaru Shamisen Performance
- 10:00～15:00 Local Product Sales
- 10:10～ Free Kinta Mamejo Puppet Play*
- 10:40～ Local Mascot Characters on Stage
- 11:00～ Free Gappara Mochi** (first 200 people)
- 11:05～ Local Performing Arts On Stage
- 12:00～ Cheers! Praying for Road Safety for the New Bus!
(Free Apple Juice Distribution - first 200 people) - 12:15～ Shirizumo Competition***
- 13:00～ Free Shijimi Clam Soup (first 200 people)
- 13:40～ Rock, Paper, Scissors Shinkansen Game
- 14:00～ Goshogawara City Kanagi Junior High School Brass Band Club Concert
- 15:00 Finale Lucky Bean Throwing
**Gappara Mochi: fried crushed rice sweetened with sugar
***Shirizumo: a.k.a. butt sumo, contestants stand back to back and at the start signal bend over, pushing their backsides against each other to try to make their opponent lose their balance
Tsugaru-Nakasato Station 津軽中里駅
More Information:
Aomori Prefectural Government Website (Japanese): http://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/bunka/kanko/20160326_tsugarunakasato.html
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