Culture Kokusekiji Sominsai in Oshuu 2025 [Cancelled] Malcome Larcens A winter water purification ceremony, participants strip down to only a loin cloth. Next they face several challenges to show...
Culture Yamagata Snow Festival 2020 [Cancelled] Mandy Bartok Yamagata hosts a winter festival on the first weekend of February 2017.
Culture Iwate Snow Festival 2022 [Cancelled] Japan Travel The Iwate Snow Festival is held at the Makiba area in Koiwai Farm every February, and known as one of Tohoku's 5 Great Snow F...
Culture Shirakawa Lake Submerged Forest Light-Up 2026 Kim Bergström Each spring, Yamagata Prefecture's famous Shirakawa Lake Submerged Forest becomes even more enchanting after dark with its an...
Accommodation A Snowy Retreat at Kamenoi Hotel Tazawako, Akita Veronica Carnevale Embrace the season with an off-the-beaten-path getaway to this rural city and swap the tourist crowds for an authentic Japane...
Accommodation Hotel Pearl City Hachinohe Imogen Riethmuller Stay in the comfortable Hotel Pearl City Hachinohe for cozy accommodation and easy access to the JR Hachinohe Line. Be sure t...
Culture American Day in Misawa 2026 Shawn Swinger American Day in Misawa offers a unique experience of how a foreign community chooses to celebrate it's culture out in rural J...
Culture Sendai's Pageant of Starlight 2026 Dale A. Brown The Sendai Pageant of Starlight is one of Japan's biggest winter illumination displays. Each year from early December through...
Culture Shinjo Matsuri 2026 Hannah Warren Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.
Culture The Kourakukan Justin Velgus The Kourakukan is Japan's oldest traditional operating kabuki theater, located in Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. The building is...
