Akita Prefecture・Yokote City
Yokote Snow Festival
Yokote’s Little New Year, bright with illuminated snow huts and elaborate bonden
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Akita Prefecture・Yokote City
Bonden at Asahiokayama Shrine
A winter festival in Yokote, where lavish Bonden travel snowy mountain roads and take on the shrine gate and steep slopes
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Akita Prefecture・Misato Town
Rokugo Kamakura Festival
Rokugo’s Little New Year traditions, carried on through Tenzuku, the fire festival, and the bamboo battle
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Akita Prefecture・Daisen City
Kariwano Giant Tug-of-War
A winter contest that brings together Kariwano's skills and hopes around an enormous rope dividing the town in two
Aichi Prefecture・Nishio City
Toba Fire Festival
A fire festival dating back over a thousand years, where participants brave the flames to predict the harvest
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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Gifu Prefecture・Ogaki City
Setsubun-e Hadaka Matsuri
Hoko-in’s Hadaka Matsuri, where participants cross the wintry Kuise River to ward off misfortune