Festivals · Tohoku
Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival
五所川原立佞武多
Towering illuminated tachineputa floats, some 23 metres tall, parade through Goshogawara each evening from 4 to 8 August.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Wed 04 to Sun 08 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Central streets of Goshogawara, around the Tachineputa Museum (Tachineputa no Yakata)
- City
- Goshogawara
- Prefecture
- Aomori
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The official Aomori travel guide lists the festival as held annually between 4 and 8 August, one of the four great festivals of the Tsugaru region alongside Aomori Nebuta, Hirosaki Neputa and Kuroishi Yosare. Around 15 floats of various sizes are carried through the city to shouts of Yattemare, including the three large tachineputa kept at the Tachineputa Museum.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://aomori-tourism.com/en/event/detail_86.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.