Snow and winter · Hokkaido
Chitose Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival
千歳・支笏湖氷濤まつり
Ice sculptures made from Lake Shikotsu water at Lake Shikotsu Onsen, blue by day and lit at night.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Sat 30 Jan to Tue 23 Feb 2027
- Date status
- Confirmed by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Lake Shikotsu Onsen, Chitose
- City
- Chitose
- Prefecture
- Hokkaido
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Category
- Snow and winter
- Checked
- Fri 23 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Ice objects are made by spraying water from Lake Shikotsu and freezing it, at Lake Shikotsu Onsen in Shikotsu-Toya National Park. Hokkaido's official tourism site lists the 2027 edition from 30 January to 23 February 2027, open 10:00 to 20:00 with illumination from 16:30.
Booking
Festival tours run for this event. These listings were found in the booking pass; links go live only after the commission and date checks pass.
- Jozankei and Lake Shikotsu Ice Falls Festival night-view day tour
Official source: https://www.visit-hokkaido.jp/en/event/detail_11029.html. Dates checked Fri 23 Oct 2026.