Largest summer cultural festivals in Tohoku region Japan 2023, by attendance
In 2023, the largest summer cultural festival in the Tohoku region of Japan was the Sendai Tanabata Festival, attracting about 2.27 million participants. Other large festivals in the region included the Hachinohe Sansha Taisai, and the Hirosaki Neputa Festival, all of which comfortably attracted more than one million visitors.