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UFO Festival
Festival · Fukushima · Tohoku

UFO Festival

A town in Fukushima that calls itself the UFO village closes its shopping street for an alien costume parade, with prizes for the most convincing.

Area & Points of Interest · Miyagi · Tohoku

Naruko Gorge

A gorge in Miyagi cut a hundred metres deep by the Otani River, walled with pale rock and walked by riverside paths from spring to late autumn.

Osaki
Sport & Competition · Iwate · Tohoku

T-rex Race

Footraces run in inflatable T-rex costumes, held in parks, on beaches and at local festivals across Japan since 2022, with adult and juvenile classes.

Rikuzentakata · 15 Nov 2026
Historic Site · Iwate · Tohoku

Tono Furusato Village

Seven old farmhouses of the Nanbu type moved to a valley in Iwate and kept as a working village, with horses, paddies and a water mill.

Tono
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