{"id":2032014,"date":"2020-02-02T09:05:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T08:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/2020\/02\/02\/hachinohe-enburi-one-of-the-finest-festivals-in-northern-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:14:16","slug":"hachinohe-enburi-one-of-the-finest-festivals-in-northern-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/en\/2020\/02\/02\/hachinohe-enburi-one-of-the-finest-festivals-in-northern-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hachinohe Enburi, one of the finest festivals in northern Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hachinohe Enburi, <\/strong>one of the finest festivals in northern Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Almost 800 years old, the Hachinohe Enburi is one of the largest and most impressive festivals in northern Japan.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Enburi Matsuri<\/em> or Enburi Festival of Hachinohe is a festival that takes place every year towards the end of February, when winter is slowly coming to an end and spring is just around the corner. The festival features a series of traditional folk dances that are performed to herald the end of the long and often harsh northern Japanese winter, and usher in the coming of spring by praying for a successful planting and harvesting season ahead. This year’s festival will take place from February 17 to 20.
\nHistorically, the Hachinohe region in northern Japan has experienced difficulties with rice cultivation due to cold spring and summer winds that sometimes killed crops. Given these constant risks of famine, the festival long became a particularly important form of imploring a bountiful harvest for the community as a whole. <\/p>\n\n\t\t