
Nebuta Museum WA RASSE
SaveGiant floats paraded in the Nebuta festival stay here year-round, in a two-story museum hall.
Festival flutes and drums play through the hall, and some float parts are left out to touch.
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Aomori's Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse: parking, tickets, time needed, and what the visit revealed
An hour and a half inside: at the festival session you ring hand gongs and jump, and some floats are there to touch.
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Why Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse turned out to be essential in Aomori
An hour in September: history panels, draw your own nebuta face on screen, live drums, and a shop that takes QR payment.
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Aomori sights: Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse, the hall for one of Tohoku's three great festivals, with the giant floats all in one place
A minute right along the water from Aomori Station's east exit to the red building. Closing: 7pm May–Aug, 6pm otherwise.
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One minute from Aomori Station: the festival's heat at Nebuta Museum Wa Rasse, and how not to get the visit wrong
During the festival, 2–7 August, there are special displays; quiet times are weekdays 10–11 and weekends after 2pm.
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- Fee:Adults ¥620, high school students ¥460, primary and junior high students ¥260. Groups of 10 or more pay ¥550 / ¥410 / ¥230. Primary and junior high pupils living in Aomori City get in free with proof. A visitor with a disability certificate, plus one companion, enters free on showing the original certificate. Parking is ¥220 for the first hour and ¥110 per extra 30 minutes, but museum visitors get the first hour free.■
- Hours:The Nebuta Museum and Nebuta Hall open 9:00-19:00 from May to August (last entry 18:30) and 9:00-18:00 from September to April (last entry 17:30). The whole building closes on 9 and 10 August, when the floats on display are swapped over, and on 31 December and 1 January. The restaurant Uokkui-no-Ta runs 11:00-20:00 from May to August and 11:00-19:00 from September to April.■
- Time needed:60 min
- Booking:Individuals (under 10 people) need no booking; groups of 10 or more are asked to book ahead. Tickets cannot be bought online — you buy them at the second-floor counter, and cashless payment is accepted. Advance tickets are sold to groups only. Your ticket lets you re-enter the museum the same day. Bus parking is by reservation only.■Official booking site ↗
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Each year the giant floats that paraded in Aomori's Nebuta festival move in here, so the real ones are on show whatever month you come. The first-floor hall opens all the way to the second floor, and you look up at them from below. Shamisen, flutes and festival drums play through the building, and musicians perform live at set times. Upstairs the exhibits trace the history of the festival. A lobby faces the water, with Aomori port right outside.
| Indoor / outdoor | Indoor | All indoors: the museum on the second floor, the hall on the first, joined by a ramp through a space open to the ceiling. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | nebuta.jp |
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| Stroller friendly | Yes | You can go round with a stroller — there is a lift and a ramp. Strollers and wheelchairs are lent at the first-floor information desk; ask a member of staff. The route starts at the second-floor entrance and comes down the ramp to the first-floor exit. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | nebuta.jp |
| Nursing space | Yes (1) | One nursing room on the second floor; tell a member of staff when you want to use it. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | nebuta.jp |
| Elevator | Yes | A lift and a ramp connect the two floors. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | nebuta.jp |
| Outside food allowed | Designated areas only | Eating and drinking is not allowed inside the paid Nebuta Museum zone, but it is allowed in the free spaces on the first and second floors. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | nebuta.jp |
| Stroller access notesExtra info — guide only | Yes | Lockers that return your ¥100 coin are near the first-floor information desk (9:00-21:50), and bags too big for them, including suitcases, are held at the desk for the length of your visit. Mobility scooters are fine up to 6km/h; faster ones must be swapped for a wheelchair. The whole site is non-smoking, and only guide and service dogs may come in. | Web-checked | checked Aug ’26 | nebuta.jp |
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