Festivals · Tohoku
Kuroishi Yosare
黒石よされ
One of Japan's three great flowing dances, with around 3,000 dancers moving through Kuroishi on the evenings of 15 and 16 August.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Sun 15 to Mon 16 Aug 2027
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Nakamachi Komise street and central Kuroishi
- City
- Kuroishi
- Prefecture
- Aomori
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Festivals
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Kuroishi Tourism Association lists Kuroishi Yosare on the evenings of 15 and 16 August each year, a Bon dance tradition of several hundred years. The official Aomori guide counts it among Japan's three great nagashi odori alongside Awa Odori and Gujo Odori, with Nagashi, Mawari and Kumi dance forms performed to Tsugaru shamisen and taiko.
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://kuroishi.or.jp/english/en-top. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.