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Summer in Japan is not only about the sun but also about colorful and sparkly lights, like that of fireworks and those of colorful floats. Known as the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri or the Aomori Nebuta Festival, the event is all about those nebuta floats resembling the figures of warriors in Japanese folklores. They are paraded around the city and lighted with hundreds of lights for that stunning summer-ific Japan-only effect Come to the City of Aomori in Aomori prefecture and witness one of Japan's most colorful natsu festivals. The event happens every summer so you can never miss it.     Photo by Rosino. Licensed under Creative Commons.