"Highway Festa Tohoku 2012"-Tomorrow-
Held at Sendai City Kotodai Park
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- "Highway Festa Tohoku 2012"-Tomorrow-
August 9, 2012
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) will hold Highway Festa Tohoku 2012 at Sendai City Kotodai Park.
Exhibitors gathered from all over the region along the Expressway six prefectures of Tohoku will be able to visit the venue by directly publicizing "things unique to the region" that cannot be experienced without going to the area. It is an event that you can enjoy and rediscover the charm of the Tohoku region.
We hope that this will revitalize tourism in Tohoku and lead to a revitalization of Tohoku.
This year is the 11th event to be held at Kotodai Park, but the name of the event so far, "Highway Communication in Tohoku" has been changed to "Highway Festa Tohoku", and the thoughts toward the reconstruction of the 6 prefectures of Tohoku The event will be lively with the subtitle "Put Tomorrow".
This year, we expect approximately 50,000 visitors over the two days.
1 Date and time
Two days, September 16th (Sun) and 17th (Monday/Holiday)
10:00-16:00 (Rainy weather)
2 venue
Kotodai Park Civic Square (3 Hommachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture)
3 Event name
Highway Festa Tohoku 2012
4 Event summary
As below.
- In addition, as soon as details other than the following are collected, we will announce it again. Also, Dedicated website We will keep you informed of new information through.
5 Interview on the day
Please come to the general information desk at the venue. We will give you materials such as the venue guide map.
[Event Summary] *The image is for illustration purposes.
6 Performing Arts in Tohoku [Main Stage]
Goshogawara Tatebuchitabayashi (Aomori prefecture), Sansa dance (Iwate prefecture), Namahage drum (Akita prefecture), Ishinomaki Hitakami (Hidakami) drum (Miyagi prefecture), Hanagasa (Hanagasa) ) Dance (Yamagata Prefecture), Hula & Tahitian Dance (Fukushima Prefecture)
Local gourmet sales from participating prefectures [Food stand booth]
Opened in 6 prefectures of Aomori prefecture, Iwate prefecture, Akita prefecture, Miyagi prefecture, Yamagata prefecture and Fukushima prefecture.
*We will inform you as soon as the details are decided.
Special plan [Main stage]
- Talk show by a goodwill ambassador for "Shoku no Shonai"
16th: Restaurant Roazis Grand Chef Masahiro Ota
17th: Mr. Masayuki Okuda, owner and chef of Al Kecchiano - "Oshu Sendai Hospitality Group! Collaboration stage with "Date Bushotai" and "Yamagata Oitatama-Ai no Bushotai" (17th only)
[Reference/Results of last year]
* Held on Saturday, September 17th and Sunday, September 18th
Participating groups: Approximately 80 groups (over 200 in total)
Number of visitors: Approximately 57,000