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Ugoku Tanabata Matsuri

うごく七夕まつり

📅Held every year on August 7.🏙Rikuzentakata City, Iwate📍Various locations around Takata-cho, Rikuzentakata🗺 View on Google MapsOfficial page

A long-standing summer festival in the Takata district, said to have originated as a rite to honor ancestral spirits. Floats elaborately crafted by each town float group are pulled through the streets to the accompaniment of spirited chants.

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