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Share a photo (free)Tanabata Edoro Lantern Festival
Aug 5 – Aug 7, 2026
Central Yuzawa (Yanagimachi, Omachi, etc.)（Yuzawa, Akita）
Event Information
- Dates
- Aug 5 – Aug 7, 2026
- Hours
- Evening to around 22:00
- Admission
- Free
- Venue
- Central Yuzawa (Yanagimachi, Omachi, etc.)
- Location
- Yuzawa, AkitaTohoku
- Access
- About a 10-minute walk from JR Yuzawa Station
Officially announced datesListed based on official announcements.
About This Event
Glowing painted lanterns of ukiyo-e beauties
The Tanabata Edoro Lantern Festival is a tradition of roughly 300 years held August 5–7 in central Yuzawa, Akita. It is said to have begun when a princess who married into Yuzawa from Kyoto hung tanzaku strips in longing for the capital; households decorate green bamboo with five-colored strips and streamers. Its highlight is the more than one hundred painted 'edoro' lanterns adorned with ukiyo-e images of beautiful women. As dusk falls and they are all lit at once, the beauties emerge in the soft glow, turning the whole town into a magical nightless city.
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