Snow and winter · Tohoku
Yonezawa Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival 2027
米沢上杉雪灯篭まつり2027
About 300 snow lanterns and 1,000 snow lamps are candle lit in Matsugasaki Park for Yonezawa's winter festival on the second weekend of February.
Tentative date
Tentative date. The organiser has not published dates for this edition yet. This window comes from the previous edition or tradition, and the dates can move. Confirm at the official source before booking travel around it.
- Dates
- Sat 13 to Sun 14 Feb 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Uesugi Shrine and Matsugasaki Park, Yonezawa
- City
- Yonezawa
- Prefecture
- Yamagata
- Region
- Tohoku
- Category
- Snow and winter
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Yamagata's official tourism itinerary states the Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival takes place at Uesugi Shrine and Matsugasaki Park on the weekend of the second Saturday of February each year. The 2027 dates follow that rule and are marked expected until the city publishes them.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://yamagatakanko.com/en/itineraries/detail_14.html. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.