Hokkaido・Nakashibetsu Town
Nakashibetsu Winter Festival
Two days in Nakashibetsu to enjoy snow sculptures, a jumbo slide, and fireworks in the winter sky
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Hokkaido・Monbetsu City
Monbetsu Drift Ice Festival
Monbetsu’s winter festival, featuring a large natural-ice sculpture and drift-ice pulling
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Nagano Prefecture・Iiyama City
Iiyama Snow Festival
A community-created celebration of snow that brightens the snow country of Iiyama
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Hokkaido・Obihiro City
Obihiro Ice Festival
Obihiro’s winter, featuring ice and snow art, winter activities, and the flavors of Tokachi
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Hokkaido・Noboribetsu City
Noboribetsu Hell Festival
Noboribetsu’s summer festival, where demons from Hell Valley enliven the hot spring town
Fukushima Prefecture・Minamisoma City and elsewhere
Soma Nomaoi
The sight of armored horsemen evokes the history of this region.
Niigata Prefecture・Itoigawa City
Amatsu Shrine Spring Grand Festival (Itoigawa Fighting Festival)
A spring festival in Itoigawa featuring a contest between 2 mikoshi and celebratory Bugaku
Niigata Prefecture・Shibata City
Shibata Dairin
A traditional festival that brings the castle town to life with lavish dairin and spirited aori
Iwate Prefecture・Oshu City
Somin-sai
The Kuroishi-ji Somin-sai Festival in Oshu: flames and prayers that last through the night