Aomori
Travel
2021.11.24
The show venue “Michinoku Festival” opened in 2006. From April 2022, we will specialize in shows so that you can feel the heat and power of the festival. The venue will be redesigned to bring the stage closer to the audience and create a sense of unity between the customer and the performer, and the show will be redesigned with new visual effects to draw in the world of the festival.
The refurbishment will allow you to see the show in front of you from any seat, allowing you to experience the power of the performers and nebuta as if they were a real festival. The entire venue was also decorated for Nebuta paintings and festivals. Creating a space in the audience seats where performers can appear creates a sense of unity between the customer and the performer.
The show will be directed by storytelling, in which the people of Aomori endure the harsh cold winter, rejoice in the arrival of spring, and explode the stored energy in the summer. In addition, by playing images that express the four seasons of Aomori, the feelings for the festival, and the culture of the festival, customers can sympathize with the feelings of the people of Aomori and immerse themselves in the world of the festival.
Festival songs and floats are indispensable for the Aomori festival. At the Aomoriya show, the staff will play the festival and operate the floats. The show will be lively with powerful performances of hand gestures, flutes, and drums, as well as different shouts depending on the festival, such as “Lassera” and “Yayado”.
| Opening date: | Scheduled for April 2022 |
|---|---|
| Price: | Paid |
| Time: | 20:30～21:10 |
| Production time: | About 40 minutes |
| Number of seats: | 184 seats |
| Event target: | Guests |
| Reservation start date: | Scheduled to start accepting applications after December 2021 |
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Hoshino Resort Aomoriya
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