Otaru Light Snow Path

Name: Otaru Light Snow Path
Start: 2021-02
End: 2021-02

5:00pm – 9:00pm

Free

Hokkaido

Timed to coincide with Sapporo’s giant winter festival, Otaru’s Light Snow Path (otaruyukiakarinomichi—the awkward name is a direct translation) event is on a much more intimate scale.

The streets and canals of this seaside city to the northwest of Sapporo will be illuminated by candlelit snow lanterns.

Otaru can be reached via Japan Rail from Sapporo Station in 32 minutes.

Note: The event organizers have announced the dates for 2021, however they will confirm closer to the date if they will cancel depending on the COVID situation.

(Greg Lane)

Open with Maps

Dates

Early

~

Mid

Feb

2021

Venue Otaru Station

Entry Free

Web http://yukiakarinomichi.or...

Area

Hokkaido

Closest station(s)

Otaru

Weather

Typical weather at this time:

High: -1 ºC Low: -6 ºC

Powered by Dark Sky

Get the best Japan Cheapo hacks direct to your inbox

Sat, Dec

12

Worldwide Eisa Festival

Cancelled

Dance, they say, like nobody is watching. If that’s not your jam, go watch somebody else dance instead. Head down to Naha in Okinawa and experience the Worldwide Eisa Festival. This dance extravaganza is a showcase competition for eisa groups […]

11:00am – 6:30pm

¥1,500 – ¥2,000
Mid
Dec

Sake Spring Kyoto 2020

Postponed

As a preventative measure against the spread of COVID-19, this event has been postponed until December (potentially) with specific dates yet to be announced. Approximately 50 sake brewers from around Japan will be serving 150 different varieties of nihonshu along […]

11:00am – 6:00pm

¥3,500 (advance sales)¥4,000 (on the door)
Early
~
Mid
Dec

Kobe Luminarie 2020

Cancelled

Kobe Luminarie is an annual winter light-up held in memory of the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Now running for over 20 years, the event takes place in the vicinity of Motomachi Station on the JR Kobe […]

Free
Dec 15

~

Dec 18

Kasuga Wakamiya On-Matsuri

This festival in Nara prefecture traces its origin back to the 12th century. The name comes from the Wakamiya Shrine – a shrine within the ground of the larger Kasuga Taisha Shrine. This event is really a combination of different […]

Free