Kayabuki no Sato Snow Lantern Festival
An amazing chance to see a remote, snow-covered thatched village illuminated with hundreds of lanterns.
A cheapo's guide to Japan
A cheapo's guide to Japan
A cheapo's guide to Japan
An amazing chance to see a remote, snow-covered thatched village illuminated with hundreds of lanterns.
While most snow festivals feature man-made sculptures, the snow monsters of Zao are entirely natural. Created in rare …
Featuring more than 15,000 lanterns, the festival originally started as a more simple Chinese New Year celebration. In …
Nagasaki is a city so soaked in the history of Japan and the West that you can hardly turn a corner without stepping …
On the shores of Lake Towada, the venue is transformed into an illuminated winter wonderland for a period of three weeks …
Kobe is home to one of only a few “China towns” in Japan. As such, it’s no surprise that the Chinese …
The big grass square at the 99 Islands Pearl Sea Resort in Sasebo plays host to a festival of oysters on weekends and …
A paid-entry illumination event with a very Japanese theme, this is a great way to get festive in Osaka this winter. …
A snowy wonderland appears each winter in this quiet onsen town as hundreds of small snow-houses are built. Illuminated …
Each year at Toki no Sumika – a leisure resort in the Gotemba area of Shizuoka – there is a winter …
