If you go to Japan in Spring for the cherry blossom, in fall for the red leaves, and in the winter for the snow, then the excuse to go in the heat of summer would have to be the Matsuri (summer festival.) And when it comes to Matsuri, the best of them seems to be concentrated in the north-eastern area of Honshu. The reason, I guess is that this is a mainly-farming region, and the Matsuri is a way to bring in the tourist money.
In early August, the northeastern city of Morioka celebrates the San-sa matsuri. San-sa, I was told, means Three Rocks. The same three rocks that gave Iwa-te ("Rock-Hands", the prefecture Morioka is in) prefecture its name. The matsuri involves groups (and there was many of them), marching down the mail street,dancing and hitting the drums
strapped on the front of their body.
strapped on the front of their body.
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