Here you can touch a real kantō: 12 metres, 46 lanterns, 50 kilos balanced on one hand.
On the ground floor, full-size kantō are on display, the same bamboo poles hung with lanterns that parade at the Kantō Matsuri in August: the dai-waka model reaches 12 metres, 46 lanterns and 50 kilos, and visitors can actually lift it. The first floor uses panels and mannequins to present other folk festivals of the city (the Akita manzai, the Kurokawa bugaku, the procession of Tosaki Shinmei Shrine), and at weekends from April to October there are live performances by the pole bearers.
A municipal museum devoted to the folk arts of Akita, created to present the Kantō Matsuri and the city's other traditional festivals even outside their dates in the calendar.
ℹ️ Open 9:30–16:30; closed from 29 December to 3 January. Admission 130 yen for adults, free for high school students and younger; combined ticket with the Akarenga Local History Museum at 370 yen. About 15 minutes on foot from the west exit of JR Akita Station.
🚉 Akita · 19 min walk
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