Aomori Traditional Performing Arts Festival 2015

Aomori Traditional Performing Arts Festival  
あおもり伝統芸能フェスティバル (Aomori Dentou Geinou Festival)

 

Date: September 5-6, 2015 
Time: Entry from 12:30, Performances from 13:00
Location: Sannai-Maruyama Site 三内丸山遺跡 (map)
Admission: FREE
Performances:
  Saturday, September 5:

• Special Guest: 春風亭小朝　SHUNPUUTEI, Koasa (Rakugo, traditional Japanese storytelling)
• Aomori Neputa Hayashi 
• Imabetsu Arama (dance with women and "horses")
• Nanbu Kirita Kagura (sacred shrine song and dance)
• Tsugaru Shamisen (three-stringed instrument)

  Sunday, September 6:

• Hachinohe Enburi
• Idenosato Shishi Odori (lion dance)
• Shimokita no Noumai (dance using masks, katanaka, fans, etc.)

More Information:　
Aomori Prefectural Government website (Japanese): http://www.pref.aomori.lg.jp/bunka/education/aomoridenntougeinoufestibal_H27.html?ref=rss 

Sannai-Maruyama Site 三内丸山遺跡