🇯🇵JAPAN'S LANTERN FESTIVAL: GO BIG OR GO HOME Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture, doesn’t do subtle - its festival floats stand a ridiculous 24 meters tall, making them Japan’s biggest and turning the streets into a parade of skyscrapers on wheels. This 1,000-year-old tradition vanished for centuries before roaring back in 2013, and now the finale lets you get close enough for selfies that make you look like an ant. If your summer in Japan doesn’t include this, you’re doing it wrong. Source: ariel land on IG