Illuminations · Tohoku
Aizu Painted Candle Festival
会津絵ろうそくまつり
Around 10,000 hand-painted Aizu candles lit in the snow around Tsuruga Castle and the Oyakuen garden for two nights.
Expected window
- Dates
- Fri 12 to Sat 13 Feb 2027
- Date status
- Expected window, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Tsuruga Castle and Oyakuen Garden
- City
- Aizuwakamatsu
- Prefecture
- Fukushima
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Illuminations
- When it runs
- Second Friday and Saturday of February
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
The Aizu Painted Candle Festival lights Tsuruga Castle and the Oyakuen medicinal herb garden with thousands of e-rosoku, the hand-painted wax candles that are a traditional Aizu craft, each decorated with flowers and set out in the snow. The Japan Tourism Agency's text for Aizu-Wakamatsu fixes the festival on the second Friday and Saturday of February; the 2027 dates shown apply that rule, as the edition had not been separately announced at verification.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking links for this event are added after the product checks pass.
Official source: https://samurai-city.jp/en/experience/2132. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.