Events in February 2020
| Lake Toya Illumination Street | Shopping street is decorated with more than 12,000 of little lanterns, to bring the resort fantastic nights. Time: from sunset to 22:00. | Everyday | Hokkaido Toyako Hot Spring |
| Lake Toya Illumination Tunnel | There is a 70-meter long illumination tunnel around Lake Toya, creating a fairy tale world. Hokkaido wears the winter season so well, and the illumination is the perfect accompaniment for the Christmas season. Time: 19:00 to 22:00. | Nov 1(Fri) to Mar 3(Sun) |
Hokkaido Toyako Hot Spring |
| Spring Festival Illumination | The event is hold to commemorate 155th year of opening of Yokohama port. Chinatown will be lit by street lanterns from 16:00 to 24:00. | Nov 1(Wed) to Mar 31(Wed) |
Kanagawa Yokohama Chinatown |
| Sapporo White Illumination | The tress around Sapporo Odori Park and Sapporo Ekimae-dori are decorated with approximately 370,000 of lighting, creating brilliant works of art that liven up the entire area and bring a romantic night to Sapporo. | Nov 22(Fri) to Mar 15(Sun) |
Hokkaido Sapporo Odori Park |
| Ice Monster Illumination | All trees will be covered with snow and ice and they just look like monsters. It only appears in very few mountains in the world. Ice Monster will be illuminated from 17:00 to 21:00 during the event. Adult 2,600 ye, Child 1,300 yen. | Dec 28(Sat) to Fed 29(Sat) |
Yamagata Jizo Mountain |
| Ice Festival | Many ice statues and objects are colourfully illuminated, and fireworks are displayed on weekends. Events held include a dance of the Ainu, Yosakoi Soran team, and taiko. | Jan 23(Thu) to Mar 15(Sun) |
Hokkaido Soun-kyo Gorge |
| Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival | Ice sculptures that have a brilliant blue color during the day and are colorfully illuminated at night. Visitors can also enjoy ice slides, horseback riding, food, fireworks displays, ice weddings, free flower service, Japanese drum performances, etc. | Jan 24(Fri) to Feb 16(Sun) |
Hokkaido Lake Shikotsu |
| Tokachigawa Swan Festival Sairinka | It is a fantastic, unique winter event featuring light objects of all sizes and colors. The snow-covered ground, the night sky filled with twinkling stars combine to take visitors to a new world of fantasy. | Jan 27Sat) to Feb 25(Sun) |
Hokkaido Tokachigawa Hot Sping |
| Sapporo Snow Festival | A snow festival which is held every February in Sapporo. It is also the largest winter event in Sapporo, a large number of splendid snow statues and ice sculptures line in the park. | Feb 1(Thu) to 12(Mon) |
Hokkaido Sapporo Odori Park |
| Lake Towada Winter Festival | The biggest snow festival in north Tohoku. Events include Japanese traditional Syamisen music and Nebuta haneto performances, Aomori and Akita local food specialties, giant snow slide, fireworks and snow sculptures. | Jan 24(Fri) to Feb 24(Tue) |
Aomori Lake Towada |
| Tokachigawa Swan Festival Sairinka | It is a fantastic, unique winter event featuring light objects of all sizes and colors. The snow-covered ground, the night sky filled with twinkling stars combine to take visitors to a new world of fantasy. | Jan 25(Sat) to Feb 24(Mon) |
Hokkaido Tokachigawa Hot Sping |
| Sapporo Snow Festival | A snow festival which is held every February in Sapporo. It is also the largest winter event in Sapporo, a large number of splendid snow statues and ice sculptures line in the park. | Jan 31(Fri) to Fed 11(Tue) |
Hokkaido Sapporo Odori Park |
| Kushiro Ice Festival | Not only the events such as display of ice sculptures, ice slides, a giant ice maze and fireworks, but also the food like BBQ with the fresh seafood, Japanese noodle and complimentary amazake make are awaiting visitors to join. | Feb 1(Sat) and 2(Sun) | Hokkaido Kushiro Fisherman's Wharf MOO |
| Spring Festival Entertainment Performance | There will be acrobatic and Chineses traditional dance, lion and dragon dance performance for visitors to enjoy the Chinese New Year. |
Feb 1(Sat) and 2(Sun) | Kanagawa Yokohama Chinatown |
| Odawara Plum Festival | One of the popular plum blossom spots in Japan. You can take part in the plum pit spitting contest or enjoy Horseback Archery Performance, lantern dance and lion dance, poetry reading, outdoor tea ceremony or eating ume-boshi (pickled plum). | Feb 1(Sat) to Mar 1(Sun) |
Kanagawa Odawara Castle Park |
| Lake Akan Ice Festival | Lake Akan will be turned into a stage for winter festivities. There will be ice sculpture exhibition and a small ceremony every night. The fireworks display will be presented under the clear night sky too. | Feb 1(Sat) to Mar 2(Mon) |
Hokkaido Lake Akan |
| Noboribetsu Hot Spring Festival | Traditional dance “Yukijin Kagura” will be performed by red and green demons. Young people with traditional clothes splashing hot springs to each other is one of the highlight too. | Feb 3(Mon) and 4(Tue) | Hokkaido Noboribetsu Hot Spring |
| Dolls and implements Special Exhibition | Antique hina dolls such as "Jirozaemon bina" and "Yusoku bina" and hina doll implements perserved by Maeda family are displayed. | Feb 6(Thu) to Apr 20(Mon) |
Ishikawa Seisonkaku |
| Latern Festival | There will be a display of paper lanterns on which people’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead will be written and performances of lion dances. Time 17:30 to 19:00. |
Fed 8(Tue) | Kanagawa Yokohama Chinatown |
| Hirosaki Castle Snow Lantern Festival | There are about 200 snow lanterns and snow sculptures and 300 mini kamakura (igloo) all locally made and glittering from the light of the candles, within the park. You will be moved by the light brimming with emotion. | Feb 8(Sat) and 11(Tue) | Aomori Hirosaki Park |
| Dolls in Chuma | Around 5,000 dolls are lined up in the front porches of the houses and shops. There are many types of dolls, including dolls which have been passed down from generation to generation and a simple clay doll. The oldest were made 150 years ago. | Feb 15(Sat) to Mar 15(Sun) |
Aichi Chuma Street |
| Tenryo Hita Doll Festival | Old houses in Mamedamachi and Kumamachi will display their hina dolls during the festival. | Feb 15(Sat) to Mar 31(Tue) |
Oita Mamedamachi Shopping Street |
| Ritsurin Garden Plum Festival | Visitors can see the blossoming of garden's 100 plum trees while enjoying the food such as delicious udon noodles and Japanese traditional sweet non-alcohol drink provided at the booth. Time 9:00 to 16:30. | Feb 22(Sat) and 23(Sun) | Kawaga Ritsurin Garden |
| Showa Shinzan International Yunigassen | All players should follow the rules. To win the game, you need to capture your opponents' flag or eliminate all their players, or the team with more remaining players at the end of the game. | Feb 22(Sat) and 23(Sun) | Hokkaido Showa Shinzan |
| Iyashi No Sato Doll Festival | Shops are decorated by hanging dolls (tsurushi-bin), one of the costoms to celebrate Japanese girl's day. Dolls are hung at rope or bamboo sticks. | Feb 22(Sat) to Apr 3(Fri) |
Yamanashi Saiko Iyashi No Sato |
| Motomachi Charming Sale Spring | The street wide sale campaign on Yokohama’s Motomachi Shopping Street. Every year, it attracts more than 400,000 visitors. | Feb 25(Tue) to Mar 1(Sun) |
Kanagawa Yokohama Chinatown |
| Stone Steps Doll Festival | Lovely children wearing beautiful hina clothes and makeup will appear on the steps. | Fed 29(Sat) and Mar 1(Sun) |
Gunma Stone Step Street |
