Send the charm of Tohoku 6 prefectures and Hokkaido at Sendai City Kotodai Park!
Highway Festa Tohoku 2016
～Thank you, Tohoku Expressway 30 years～
- Corporate Top
- Press Room
- Press Release Tohoku office
- Highway Festa Tohoku 2016
August 10, 2016
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Tohoku Regional Head Office
NEXCO EAST Tohoku Regional Head Office (Aoba Ward, Sendai City) will hold "Highway Festa Tohoku 2016" at Sendai City Kotodai Park on September 24 and 25, 2016.
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 will stimulate local motivation and stimulate tourism motivation, which will lead to the activation of inter-regional exchanges.
In addition, this event marks the 15th time this year. This year, of Tohoku Tohoku Expressway sometimes greets Zentsu 30 anniversary, Tohoku Expressway and gratitude to the history and customers, the subtitle in the "Thanks Tohoku Expressway 30 As the year," the event will be lively.
In addition, we expect about 50,000 visitors in two days.
1 Date and time
Saturday, September 24, 2016, Sunday, 25th two days from 10:00 to 16:00 (decision in the rain)
2 venue
Sendai City Kotodai Park Civic Square / Ikoino Zone (3 Hommachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai City)
3 Event name
Highway Festa Tohoku 2016-Thanks Tohoku Expressway 30 From year
4 Event summary
It is as follows.
*In addition, details other than the following will be announced once they are decided. Also, 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]
(Aomori Prefecture) Goshogawara Tatebuta Hayashi (Goshogawarachi Neputabashi)
(Iwate Prefecture) 24th, Sansa Dance / 25th, Ise-ryu Kuroiwa Tai Kagura
(Akita Prefecture) Namahage drum
(Miyagi Prefecture) Sendai Sparrow Dance
(Yamagata Prefecture) Hanagasa Dance
(Fukushima Prefecture) Hula & Tahitian Dance
Local gourmet sales of participating prefectures
We have opened stores in Aomori Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Tohoku 6 Prefectures in Fukushima Prefecture, and in Hokkaido.
*We will inform you as soon as the details are decided.
Special plan [Main stage]
○ Both days
・(Miyagi Prefecture) "Music Band" Live performance by the Miyagi Police Band (road safety PR)
・(Hokkaido) "Kumamai" Local entertainment by Noboribetsu Onsen Kumamai no Kai
*The Hokkaido Shinkansen will open in March of this year, aiming at tourism exchange between the Tohoku region and Hokkaido.
○24th (Sat) only
・(Miyagi Prefecture) “Oshu/Sendai hospitality group! Date Bushotai”
Special stage by Date Bushotai
・(Aomori Prefecture) "Tsugaru Shamisen"
Live performance by a local high school student at the birthplace of the Tsugaru Shamisen
○ 25th (Sun) only
・(Yamagata Prefecture) “Food City Shonai” Cooking Class by Goodwill Ambassador Masatomi Toki, Japanese Cuisine Researcher
Reference ・Results of last year * Held on Saturday, September 19th and Sunday, September 20th
Participating groups: Approximately 70 groups (over 300 in total)
Number of visitors: 50,000
To view the PDF file, you need the Adobe Systems plug-in software "Acrobat Reader (Japanese version)". If you do not have Download from here (free)Please use it.