Hirosaki Neputa Museum
We saw a beautiful display of Neputa floats in 'Hirosaki Neputa Museum'. Hirosaki Neputa Festival is held in summer in Hirosaki City, which is located in the southwestern part of Aomori and it is a 30-40 minute train ride from downtown Aomori . Hirosaki Neputa are fan-shaped paper lanerns.

In front of Hirosaki Neputa

Fan-shaped Neputa. The pictures painted on the front of Neputa are warriors and the reverse side of Neputas have pictures of beautiful women.