Red steel ribbons are parted like curtains to welcome visitors into this museum in northern Japan by Canadian studio Molo

Named Nebuta House, the building is designed to house the huge paper lanterns that parade the city streets of Aomori for five days during the summer festival of Nebuta Matsuri.

With the appearance of mythical warriors, the Nebuta lanterns are used to tell stories about heroes and demons during the festival, before five are chosen for a year-long exhibition in the museum’s central hall.