Highway Festa Tohoku 2015
~ Thanks for 10 years. NEXCO EAST ~
9/19・20 Held at Kotodai Park, Sendai City! (Detailed decision)
- Corporate Top
- Press Room
- Press Release Tohoku office
- Highway Festa Tohoku 2015-Thank you for 10 years. NEXCO EAST ~
September 14, 2015
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) will hold “Highway Festa Tohoku 2015” at Sendai City Kotodai Park on September 19th and 20th, 2015.
Enjoying for all the visitors by gathering local people from all over the area along the Expressway six prefectures of Tohoku, and by directly publicizing "things unique to the area" that you can not experience unless you go there. It is an event to have you rediscover the charm of the Tohoku region.
We hope that this event will enhance the vitality of the area and stimulate the willingness to travel, which will lead to the activation of exchanges between areas.
This is the 14th event to be held at Kotodai Park. In addition, this year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our founding, and with our 10-year history and gratitude to our customers, we have given the subtitle "Thank you for 10 years. "NEXCO EAST" will be a lively event.
In addition, we expect about 50,000 visitors in two days.
1 Date and time
Two days, Saturday, September 19th and Sunday, September 20th, 2015
10:00-16:00 (Rainy weather)
2 venue
Kotodai Park Civic Square/Ikoino Zone (3 Hommachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture)
3 Event name
Highway Festa Tohoku 2015
4 Event summary
It is as follows.
* Event website We will keep you updated on the latest 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 from last year.
6 Performing Arts in Tohoku [Main Stage]
Hula & Tahitian Dance
Namahage drum
Goshogawara Tachibuta Bandako (Aomori Prefecture), Sansa Dance (Iwate Prefecture), Namahage Taiko (Akita Prefecture), Sendai Suzume Dance (Miyagi Prefecture), Hanagasa Dance (Yamagata Prefecture) ), Hula & Tahitian Dance (Fukushima Prefecture)
Local gourmet sales in 6 prefectures in Tohoku [Food stand booth]
Hachinohe rice cracker soup
Yonezawa beef skewer
Sales of Hachinohe Senbei soup (Aomori prefecture), Kamaishi Hotatehamaki (Iwate prefecture), Oga Shottsuru Yakisoba (Akita prefecture), Seafood grilled (Miyagi prefecture), Yonezawa beef skewer (Yamagata prefecture), Shirakawa ramen (Fukushima prefecture), etc.
Sale of special products and sightseeing PR in 6 prefectures of Tohoku and Hokkaido [Tourism booth]
Aomori prefecture, Iwate prefecture, Akita prefecture, Miyagi prefecture, Yamagata prefecture, Fukushima prefecture and Hokkaido (*) exhibit
(*) This year, the charm of Hokkaido will be announced with the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen at the end of 2015.
Special plan [Main stage]
Hokkaido "Kumamai"
Local performing arts by Noboribetsu Onsen Kumamai no Kai
・September 19th (Sat) 14:00-
・September 20th (Sun) 13:45~
"Oshu Sendai Hospitality Group! Collaboration stage with "Date Bushotai" and "Ai Yamagata Bushotai"
・September 19th (Sat) 13:20~
"Shoku no Shonai" Goodwill Ambassador
Cooking class by Japanese cooking researcher Masatomi Toki (Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture)
・Sunday, September 20th 11:40~
Onibu Dance Club
A prayer dance dedicated to the reconstruction of Tohoku ~Kitakami/Oni Kenmai~ Performance by Iwate Prefectural Kitakami Shonan High School Kikenmai Club
* The 36th National High School Cultural Festival
Received the highest prize in the local performing arts category (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award)
・September 20th (Sun) 13:10~
NEXCO EAST Charity Cafe
“NEXCO EAST “10th Anniversary Business Promotion” (panel display)
Aeon E-NEX COpass application
Fun experience and play area
Aerial work vehicle and patrol car test drive
Mobile Aquarium (Aquamarine Fukushima)
Charity fair, balloon art, fossil specimen making
JAF "Child Safety License"
Japan Meteorological Association "Expressway and Weather"
Limited product sales in service areas and parking areas
Local characters, etc.
"Local characters" and "campaign crews" from the municipalities of the six prefectures of Tohoku provide seasonal local tourism information.
Visit privilege
"Original fountain pen"
NEXCO EAST 10th Anniversary "Original Fountain Pen"
Present for first 100 people on both days
·Detail is Event website Please refer to the.
[Reference/Results of last year]
* Held on Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24
Participating groups: Approximately 70 groups (over 300 in total)
Number of visitors: 50,000
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