[2025 Goshogawara Attraction] Travel Guide for Tachineputa Museum (Updated Jul)

An exhibition hall with giant nebuta The Tachinebuta Museum in Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture, is a facility where you can enjoy the local traditional event "Goshogawara Tachineputa" all year round. When you enter, you will see a huge nebuta over 20 meters tall, and its overwhelming presence will take your breath away. The delicate colors and expressive dolls are even more impressive when you see them up close. You can also see the production site up close The museum also has a workshop space where you can observe the process of nebuta production, and if you're lucky, you can see the craftsmen at work. It was a very valuable experience to see the traditional techniques being passed down up close. Recommended for those who can't participate in the summer festival The actual Tachineputa is held every August, but even if you can't make it at that time, you can still experience the power and culture by visiting this museum. There is also a well-stocked souvenir corner, and it was fun to buy goods with a nebuta motif. #Aomori trip #Goshogawara #Tachineputa Museum #Japanese festivals #Tohoku tourism #Tachinebuta #Spring 0 yen trip

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Tachineputa is a spectacular summer festival held every August in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture. This festival is one of the most representative festivals in Aomori, along with the Nebuta Festival in Aomori City, but there is a big difference between the two. The biggest difference is that Tachineputa, as its name suggests, is a huge lantern that is over 20 meters tall. On the other hand, Nebuta are often wide, doll-shaped lanterns with a lower height, so Tachineputa's overwhelming height and presence stand out. In Goshogawara, construction was carried out to bury the electric wires in the city underground in order to parade the huge Tachineputa lanterns. This allowed the Tachineputa to move majestically through the city without being obstructed by obstacles. In addition, this height stands out against the city's buildings and scenery, and the impact on spectators is exceptional. ◆ Appeal First and foremost, it is its overwhelming scale and beauty. The sight of the over 20-meter-tall Tachineputa towering into the night sky and colorful lanterns emitting a fantastic light as they move along is truly a spectacular sight. The drums and flutes that liven up the festival, and the powerful shouts of the participants, give the entire festival a sense of unity and move the audience. While inheriting tradition, Tachineputa has evolved with its huge scale and modern ingenuity, attracting many tourists every year as a festival that unites the entire city of Goshogawara. #SummerFestival2024

※Goshogawara Tachineputa On foot from Goshogawara Station The Goshogawara "Tachineputa" is a gigantic doll lantern that is about 23m tall🙌 and weighs about 19t☺️ Every year, one large Tachineputa is made in time for the festival at the "Tachineputa Factory" in the "Tachineputa Museum" and added to the Tachineputa Exhibition Room😊 The glass exterior wall of the Tachineputa Museum has a large movable door, and when the door opens, the large Tachineputa marching out to the festival is a spectacular sight! During the main festival, three large Tachineputa floats parade through the streets of Goshogawara, led by Chuko Taiko drums, along with medium-sized Tachineputa and small Neputa floats from volunteer groups, high schools, neighborhood associations, and companies in the city, captivating the spectators along the road with their overwhelming force✨ Calls of "Yattemare! Yattemare!" and music, dancers add to the excitement, and it has become one of the most representative summer festivals in Aomori Prefecture🎵 It's a cool festival with a powerful force that you'll want to see at least once🥰 #SummerFestival #Festival #NebutaFestival #Goshogawara #GoshogawaraTachineputa #Tachineputa #Aomori #AomoriTourism #AomoriTrip

The three major Nebuta Festivals in Aomori Prefecture are the Aomori Nebuta Festival, the Hirosaki Nebuta Festival, and the Goshogawara Nebuta Festival, which attract more than 3 million visitors each year. If you want to see the standing Neputa (sleeping demon) outside the festival, you must go to the exhibition hall to appreciate the static exhibition. The large lanterns in the Neputa Festival are mainly divided into three main types: "Aomori Neputa" (horizontal), "Hirosaki Neputa" (fan-shaped) and "Goshogawara Neputa" (vertical). This time I went to Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture, and visited the Tachi Nebuta-kan, which is about a 10-minute walk from JR Goshogawara Station, where I could get up close and personal with the three-dimensional Nebuta. Transportation tips: Take a flight or Shinkansen from Tokyo to Aomori. From JR Aomori Station, take the Ou Main Line to Kawabe Station, then transfer to the JR Gono Line to Goshogawara Station. The entire journey takes about 75 minutes. From JR Hirosaki Station, take the Ou Main Line to Kawabe Station, then transfer to the Gono Line to Goshogawara Station. The entire journey takes about 50 minutes. Walk straight out of JR Goshogawara Station toward the station square for about 10 minutes and you will arrive at Tachineputa-no-kan. The exterior of the building is a modern one and is very eye-catching, so don't worry about going too far. There are two exhibition halls in the museum: the Tachineputa Exhibition Room ticket is ￥650 and the Art Exhibition Gallery ticket is ￥300. Tickets can be purchased separately or as a package (￥850). There is also a cafe and observation deck on the 6th floor. When visiting Tachinebuta, you can walk slowly upwards from the first floor and appreciate the appearance of the huge lanterns from different viewing heights. Three tachinebuta are displayed in the museum every cycle, and each tachinebuta is usually displayed for three years. Despite the burning of data, local efforts to start again have never stopped. In addition to displaying a huge real Tachineputa, visitors can also experience the powerful Tachineputa when it "goes out" through a video introduction. The door of the exhibition hall can also be fully opened during the festival from August 4th to August 8th every year, so that visitors can see the actual movement of Tachineputa. The biggest feature of the Goshogawara Nebuta Festival is that it is dominated by tall, upright giant lanterns. Every year, the festival will design lanterns with themes that reflect modern society. The three giant lanterns in the parade have a base that is 10 meters high and a human-shaped part that is 12 meters high. The entire lantern is 22 meters high, equivalent to a seven-story building, and weighs 17 tons. It requires more than 50 people to lift it. Below the giant lantern you will see the Chinese characters "雲汉", which means Milky Way in Japanese. Standing under these giant lanterns, the force and the shock are beyond words. It also shows the determination of the locals to preserve and protect their cultural heritage. It is because of their perseverance in making lanterns that the Nebuta Festival can restore its tradition and continue to pass it on. Please take a trip to the Nebuta Festival with a grateful heart. #SleepingMan #SleepingManFestival #Aomori #Hirosaki #Goshogawara #Neputa #TateNeputa #Tohoku #Japan