Friday, April 26, 2013

The festival in Tohoku

Tohoku is the northern area in Japan, where the great earth quake occurred in March 11th, 2011.
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Two years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The six big festivals in Tohoku are united. This year, the Tohoku Rokkon Festival which was started for the reconstruction of Tohoku will be held for the third time. This year, it will be held on June 1 and 2 over two days in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture.
In addition to the six big festivals in Tohoku, twelve cities in Fukushima Prefecture have also announced that they will participate this time.