Tokamachi Snow Festival
A festival to explore snow sculptures and plazas and discover winter culture in snow country
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A festival to explore snow sculptures and plazas and discover winter culture in snow country
A winter festival to savor flavors from across Japan and the lively atmosphere of Nyuzen, one bowl at a time
A winter ritual in Ninohe where sparks and five grains foretell the year’s harvest
A 500-year-old Eyo contest for the shingi in the sacred darkness
Ta-asobi and the oni dance: Okazaki’s prayers passed down amid flames
A Little New Year event featuring a huge rope winding through town and a contest that divines the year’s harvest
Welcoming spring in Hachinohe with harvest-prayer dances and ornate eboshi hats
Tanigumi’s traditional performing art, with drums and phoenix-feather shinai in motion
Yokote’s Little New Year, bright with illuminated snow huts and elaborate bonden