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A Tanabata related celebration in Akita City held every year from August 3 to 6.


The highlight of the festival is an impressive display of skill in which performers balance kanto (long bamboo poles) with arrays of paper lanterns attached to the end.

The kanto poles come in different sizes with the largest measuring 12 meters, weighting 50 kilograms and carrying as many as 46 paper lanterns, lit by real candles.


To the sound of drums, flutes and onlookers chanting "dokkoisho, dokkoisho", each kanto is hoisted up by a single performer who balance them on end using various techniques.

The performers change every few minutes and gradually add extensions to the pole until the kanto are at their maximum height.

The main event of the festival, the Night Parades are held nightly along Chuo Dori street in the center of the city.

The various performing  groups, carrying nearly 250 kanto poles, line up on the street, and when a signal is given, thepoles are all raised up at once and the performers show off their skills. The event lasts about 90 minutes and at the end of each night there is a 15 minute session during which the audience is invited to talk
to the performers, take pictures and try their hand at hoisting up a kanto.

The festival also has daytime events which are mainly held at Agora Plaza in front of the Seibu Department Store.

These include taiko drum, dance and music performances, as well as Kanto Demonstrations which are held in the morning and afternoons on the first three days of the festival.

Additionally, Kanto Competitions are held during daytime on the last three days of the festival in Senshu Park next to the Hirano Masakichi Museum.

Every kanto  group fields one or two teams to compete in categories such as solo, group and performance set to music.


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