Don’t miss the electrifying fire shows and the rhythmic beats of taiko drumming—this is an absolute Japan’s winter festival that will captivate your senses. 2. Sapporo Snow Festival. Date: February 4 ...

Perhaps the most famous winter festival in Japan is the Sapporo Snow Festival up in Hokkaido. This winter, the festival will take place for a week from February 4 to 11 at two locations: Odori ...

Sapporo’s snow festival is a major tourism magnet for Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. But unusually warm weather has kept the snow away, forcing organizers to source snow from ...

Japan’s biggest winter festival is a celebration of the beauty of ice and snow. At the center of the festival is a remarkable range of sculptures, all constructed from compacted snow.

Travel Japan via the stars this winter, a Japan Today astro-travel guide. Image: Jessica Sayuri Boissy travel japan by the stars ... Held annually on Feb. 15 and 16, this festival in Yokote City, ...

Tokyo (CNN) — In near-freezing winter temperatures and wearing nothing but white loincloths, throngs of men wrestle one another in a bid to a claim a talisman during Japan’s Somin-sai ...

This year was monumental for JAPAN Fes, as the movement expanded beyond New York City, with events in New Jersey and Paris this past fall. In celebration of the year, a Winter Market is planned ...