Goshogawara Tachineputa Matsuri 五所川原立佞武多 Photo Gallery by Matthew Haswell at pbase.com

Goshogawara Tachineputa Matsuri 五所川原立佞武多

The lesser known of Aomori Prefecture's major summer festivals, Goshogawara's Tachineputa Matsuri is perhaps the most vibrantly authentic. Departing from the street-wide displays of Aomori's Nebuta and the dualistic decorated fans of Hirosaki's Neputa, the Tachineputa is most famous for its towering floats that dwarf nearby buildings at some 22m tall. Nearly forgotten after numerous fires in the early 20th century, the festival was revived in 1998 after old photos of it were discovered five years earlier.

Tachineputa float in storage	Another float in its storage space	Bringing out the floats ahead of the parade	Pair of Tachineputa floats coming down the road
One of the lofty Tachineputa floats	Kawaii bear costumes	Made-up festival participants	The night parade begins. . .
Illuminated nebuta-style float	Flute player in the procession	Smaller float being pulled along	Groups of locals with festival float
Young local musician girls	Fanning away the summer heat	Beetle-man	Nebuta-style float with warrior and dragons
Even a parade can't stop important keitai calls	Back of one of the illuminated floats	Float with monstrous demon figures	SpongeBob SquarePants makes an appearance
Another nebuta-style warrior float	First of the tall Tachineputa floats	Second Tachineputa float	Youths in happi coats
Pair of Tachineputa floats down the road	Dancers in the procession	Young dancer	Masked cymbal player
Not really a high school girl. . . .	Taiko players in the parade	Flute player	Masked taiko player
Young girls with flutes	Festive cymbal players	Tachineputa float looming over nearby building	Parade dancers
Young girl drummer	Male taiko player	Tachineputa float	Demon and warrior on the float
Woman with flute	Mother and young daughter dancing	Mod-punk flute player	Young boy with taiko
Yukata-clad mother and baby in the parade	Waving father and daughter	Rowdy crew of dancers	Another pair of Tachi Neputa floats
Bon dancer in haneto costume	Cymbal player	Final Tachineputa float	Reverse view of the float

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