A hat decorated with safflower

Hanagasa Festival; One of the four major festivals in Tohoku, this summer festival represents Yamagata. It is famous for its flower hats decorated with the prefectural flower, safflower. More than 10,000 dancers parade through the city\'s main streets, dancing to the Hanagasa Ondo and chanting ``Yassho, Makasho\'\' to the accompaniment of the heroic Hanagasa drums. .