Lake Akan Ice Festival
阿寒湖氷上フェスティバル
A festival on the frozen surface of Lake Akan with on-ice activities by day and fireworks over the ice at night.
月份
共 32 項活動在本月開始。
阿寒湖氷上フェスティバル
A festival on the frozen surface of Lake Akan with on-ice activities by day and fireworks over the ice at night.
さっぽろ雪まつり
Large snow and ice sculptures at the Odori and Susukino sites in Sapporo.
長崎ランタンフェスティバル
Winter lantern festival in central Nagasaki City, begun as a Chinese New Year celebration, with over 15,000 lanterns.
知床ファンタジア
A nightly 20-minute show of laser light, music and straw-fire smoke above the drift ice at Utoro, recreating an aurora that appeared over Shiretoko in 1958.
あばしりオホーツク流氷まつり
Abashiri's two-day drift ice festival of citizen-built snow statues, ice sculpture and stage events at the commercial port wharf.
旭川冬まつり
Winter festival in Asahikawa with a large snow sculpture stage and ice sculptures in the city centre.
弘前城雪燈籠まつり
Around 150 snow lanterns and some 300 candle-lit mini kamakura set around the keep and snow-covered grounds of Hirosaki Castle.
第37回河津桜まつり
Japan's most famous early-blooming cherry, 8,000 deep-pink Kawazu-zakura trees along the river and rape-blossom fields on the Izu coast, drawing around two million visitors.
兼六園冬季ライトアップ
Kenrokuen Garden and Kanazawa Castle are lit on eight February nights, with the yukitsuri snow ropes on the pines.
小樽雪あかりの路
Snow candles and lanterns along the Otaru Canal and the former Temiya railway line.
御燈祭
A 1,400-year-old fire festival in which white-clad men race down Kamikura Shrine's 538 stone steps carrying burning torches.
りくべつしばれフェスティバル
A two-day festival in the town that records Japan's coldest temperatures, turning extreme cold into the attraction with an overnight endurance sleep-out in ice domes.
第64回愛媛マラソン
Shikoku's largest marathon (10,000 runners) looping from Matsuyama city centre to the Seto Inland Sea coast with a reputation for warm roadside support.
湯島天神梅まつり
Tokyo's classic plum festival, around 300 plum trees at the shrine of the god of learning.
水戸の梅まつり
Plum blossom festival at Kairakuen Garden and Kodokan in Mito, with about 3,000 plum trees of about 100 varieties at Kairakuen.
もんべつ流氷まつり
Monbetsu's drift ice festival, running since 1963, with large ice sculptures carved from natural ice at the marine park.
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.
なまはげ柴灯まつり
Namahage demons descend by torchlight from the snowy mountain to Shinzan Shrine for sacred dances and drumming, one of the Michinoku 'five great snow festivals'.
横手の雪まつり(かまくら)
About 100 kamakura snow huts are built across central Yokote for a New Year custom with a history of about 450 years.
第33回城島酒蔵びらき
Kyushu's biggest kurabiraki: the breweries of the Jojima sake district near Kurume open together for one weekend with new-sake tasting, drawing around 100,000 visitors.
宮島かき祭り2027
Hiroshima's famous oyster island serves grilled, steamed and hotpot oysters at bargain prices beside the ferry pier at peak season, with 10:00-15:00 stalls both days.
大内宿雪まつり
The thatched-roof post town of Ouchi-juku under deep snow, with snow lanterns lining the street, traditional performing arts and fireworks.
只見ふるさとの雪まつり
A snow festival in one of Japan's heaviest snowfall towns, built around a giant illuminated snow stage sculpture in front of Tadami Station.
八戸えんぶり
A 800-year-old rice-planting prayer dance where groups in horse-head headdresses sweep the ground to wake the earth; some 30 troupes parade on the first morning and perform across the city for four days.
十日町雪まつり
One of Japan's oldest snow festivals, founded in 1950 in one of the country's heaviest snowfall cities, with snow sculptures built by the community across Tokamachi.
勝山左義長まつり
A 300-year-old late-winter fire festival of tower stages, comic drumming and a mass bonfire on the Kuzuryu River.
西大寺会陽(はだか祭り)
One of Japan's three great naked festivals: around 10,000 men in loincloths scramble for two sacred shingi sticks thrown into the crowd at 22:00 on a February night at Saidaiji temple.
熊本城マラソン2027
A 13,000-runner city marathon that finishes beneath Kumamoto Castle's keep, held in late February alongside a 30 km race and fun run.
京都マラソン2027
City marathon through Kyoto's streets, from Nishikyogoku athletic park to a finish in front of Heian-jingu Shrine.
おきなわマラソン
Central Okinawa's winter marathon with a 10 km option, famous for the section inside Kadena Air Base and for roadside support in Uruma and Okinawa City.
北野天満宮 梅花祭
Kyoto's plum festival on 25 February, with an outdoor tea ceremony served by geiko and maiko.
大阪マラソン2027
One of Japan's largest city marathons, finishing inside Osaka Castle Park.