Participants Wanted : Sendai Aoba Festival “Yamaboko Parade”

This year, the Sendai Aoba Festival will be held on Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th.
Sunday, May 18th is the main day of the festival and the portable shrine (Mikoshi) of Aoba shrine and twelve tall wheeled festival floats called “Yamaboko” parade in the city center area.
Fujisaki department store owns one of the Yamaboko floats and they have kindly invited 30 Tohoku University international students to
participate in the Yamaboko parade. Together with staff members from the Fujisaki department store, students will pull the 6-meter high and 6-ton Yamaboko float. This is a very special opportunity to be able to take part in the historical event held in Sendai.

Sendai Aoba Festival Yamaboko Parade
Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Time:11:00a.m. – 4p.m.
Meeting point: TBA (location will be in Aobadori ichibancho area)
Application
Application deadline: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Should you have any questions, please contact the following staff:
Tohoku University Global Learning Center
Yuka Sakamoto (Ms.), Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Email: yuka.sakamoto.a3*tohoku.ac.jp (please replace * with @)
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