Amazing AOMORI

Held every summer in Goshogawara City, the Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival is one of Aomori Prefecture’s three main float festivals. It is very famous for its floats over twenty meters in height that are paraded through the city, drawing crowds of tourists each year from elsewhere in Japan and overseas.

Watching the festival alone is exciting enough to be worth a trip, but the hotel Park Inn Goshogawara in Goshogawara City also offers a unique room called the “Tachineputa Concept Room,” where you can experience the appeal of the festival without leaving the hotel.

Elements of festival floats are incorporated throughout the room. The headboard features a large painting of Princess Kaguya, the heroine of Japan’s oldest children’s story, from a float that actually appeared in the festival. Alluding to the story, in which Princess Kaguya returns to her home on the Moon, the ceiling sparkles with dreamlike imagery of the Milky Way.

In addition, the room’s windows feature parts of the designs of floats depicting Susanoo-no-Mikoto, the Japanese god of storms, and Enma Daio (Yama), the king of Buddhist hell, so guests can appreciate their powerful presence from the comfort of the room.

Float designs have also been applied to interior decorations such as the pillows and lamps, filling the room with the charm of festival floats.

Whether you’ve already attended the Goshogawara Tachineputa Festival or are planning to do so in the future, anyone who’s interested in the festival’s floats will definitely want to stay in the Tachineputa Concept Room. It’ll add an experience different from the festival—but no less unforgettable—to your trip.