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Kasedori Festival 2025
Kasedori Festival, or “Strawbird Festival”, is a unique yet bizarre Japanese event. Performers gather at Kaminoyama Castle dre..
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The best of Japan during the cold months of winter
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![Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2019 Winter “SNOWART” 2019]( "Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2019 Winter “SNOWART” 2019")
![Shivering in Iwate's Beauty]( "Shivering in Iwate's Beauty")
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![Marunouchi Winter Illuminations 2024-2025]( "Marunouchi Winter Illuminations 2024-2025")
![River Cruises and Winter Illuminations in Shinagawa 2017-2018]( "River Cruises and Winter Illuminations in Shinagawa 2017-2018")
![Light Festival at Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2017-2018]( "Light Festival at Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2017-2018")
![Shibuya Blue Cave Illumination 2024]( "Shibuya Blue Cave Illumination 2024")
![Fairytale Winter Tour: Shirakawa-Go]( "Fairytale Winter Tour: Shirakawa-Go")
![Ouchi-juku under Snow]( "Ouchi-juku under Snow")
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![Snow at Daigo Temple]( "Snow at Daigo Temple")
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![Ginzan Onsen in Winter]( "Ginzan Onsen in Winter")
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![Zao is Snow Monster Paradise]( "Zao is Snow Monster Paradise")
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![Nabana no Sato Illumination 2023-2024]( "Nabana no Sato Illumination 2023-2024")
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Echigo-Tsumari Art Field 2019 Winter “SNOWART” 2019
Past EventIntroducing the annual Echigo-Tsumari Snow Art Project in snow country Niigata where visitors can appreciate art installations and..
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Culture
Shivering in Iwate's Beauty
Ignatius KohTohoku contains some of Japan's most undiscovered treasures, and while the 2011 tsunami and earthquake damaged the region, it..
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Marunouchi Winter Illuminations 2024-2025
With the long and cold evenings firmly set in, help to take away some of those winter blues by visiting Marunouchi’s colorful ..
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River Cruises and Winter Illuminations in Shinagawa...
Past EventTaking in the Shinagawa Illuminations from the water could well be the best way to see Tokyo in winter
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Light Festival at Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2017-2018
Past EventArt collective TeamLab transforms the heart of Fukuoka's castle ruins with a new digital art display of interactive light set..
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Shibuya Blue Cave Illumination 2024
After a hiatus of two years the Blue Cave is back with a vengeance in Shibuya. The event was previously organised along the Meguro..
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Ouchi-juku under Snow
Tom RoseveareOuchi-juku is an Edo-Period post station located in Shimogo Town, Aizu County, Fukushima Prefecture.
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Ginzan Onsen in Winter
Alena EckelmannTaisho era-style Ginzan Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture let's you travel back in time
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Zao Ski Resort
Alena EckelmannZao Ski Resort, snow monsters and great onsen, all just a Shinkansen ride away
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Visiting Sapporo Snow Festival (2012)
Catherine HagarChill out at Sapporo's annual Snow Festival in February. With gigantic ice sculptures, hot drinks, and local food, the snow..
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Zao is Snow Monster Paradise
Josef DiermairOne ski place I like a lot is Zao. Located in the north, on the border between Yamagata Prefectureand Miyagi Prefecture, it's..
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Snow Monkeys in Nagano
Nicole BauerAt Jigokudani Yaen-Koen (Hell's Valley Monkey Park) in Nagano Prefecture, you can observe the Japanese Snow Monkeys in their..
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Nabana no Sato Illumination 2023-2024
Flower garden and illumination attraction