Sairi Genya (Fantastic Night) is a night festival held at Sairi residence in Marumori Town in Miyagi Prefecture only for three hours during the Bon period in August every year.

Sairi Residence, which is open to the public as a history museum, was a residence of the Saito family, a wealthy merchant family counting seven generations from the Edo to Showa periods. As every generation of patriarch took the name of Saito Risuke, people called the residence “Sairi Residence.”

The residence and the surrounding area are decorated with nostalgic items such as over 1,000 pictured lantern boxes that transport visitors to the “Showa Modern” period (1920s-1930s), when the Saito family was at the height of their prosperity. Visitors can rent clothes in the “Showa Modern” style and enjoy transforming themselves into “modern” people.

Various attractions such as old-timely entertainments from traditional folk performing arts to a standard jazz concert are held in nostalgic atmosphere. Classic-styled night stalls lining the main street outside the residence are bustled with people. You can see a scene of a gentleman in a classic suit enjoying a glass of beer in front of a night stall bar. The town of Marumori is wrapped in fantasy once every year.